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# Exam question 2 · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the outcome of the agreement concluded in nineteen hundred and eighty-seven in respect of the ozone layer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** outcome · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conclude, respect · **To what, where:** nineteen hundred, ozone layer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the outcome of the agreement concluded in nineteen hundred and eighty-seven in respect of the ozone layer?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	_
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	conj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	ozone	ozone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conclude** | past | the outcome of the agreement |  |  | nineteen hundred |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | the ozone layer |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The ozone layer was wholly destroyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e2:o1:1
# text = The ozone layer was wholly destroyed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ozone	ozone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | the ozone layer |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The harmful chemicals were prohibited and the ozone layer is gradually recovering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e2:o2:1
# text = The harmful chemicals were prohibited and the ozone layer is gradually recovering
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ozone	ozone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	recovering	recover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | past · passive |  | the harmful chemicals |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **recover** | present · progressive | the ozone layer |  |  |  |  | gradually *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The agreement prohibited the use of solar energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e2:o3:1
# text = The agreement prohibited the use of solar energy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | past | the agreement | the use of solar energy |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer use=Theme |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | solar energy |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No measures were ever adopted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e2:o4:1
# text = No measures were ever adopted
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | no measures |  |  | ever |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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