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title: Ascertain the response most consistent with the evidence in respect… — Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, sp… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the response most consistent with the evidence in respect of the question whether the world is improving. Exam question 4 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, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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Ascertain the response most consistent with the evidence in respect of the question whether the world is improving.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, world · **What happens:** ascertain, improve, respect · **To what, where:** response, question

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the response most consistent with the evidence in respect of the question whether the world is improving.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	improving	improve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **improve** | present · progressive | the world | the question *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent question=Patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the question |  |  |  |  | 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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No change of any kind has occurred since nineteen hundred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e4:o1:1
# text = No change of any kind has occurred since nineteen hundred
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	occurred	occur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	_
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present · perfect | no change of any kind |  |  |  | since nineteen hundred |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **change** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every aspect of human life has deteriorated, without any exception, since nineteen hundred

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e4:o2:1
# text = Every aspect of human life has deteriorated, without any exception, since nineteen hundred
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	aspect	aspect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	deteriorated	deteriorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	since	since	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	_
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deteriorate** | present · perfect · passive |  | every aspect of human life |  |  | since nineteen hundred | without any exception | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every aspect of human life is now without defect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e4:o3:1
# text = Every aspect of human life is now without defect
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	aspect	aspect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	defect	defect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every aspect of human life |  |  |  | now | without defect | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Health, schooling and poverty have improved, whereas climate and nature have worsened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:e4:o4:1
# text = Health, schooling and poverty have improved, whereas climate and nature have worsened
1	Health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	schooling	schooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	worsened	worsen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present · perfect | Health and schooling and poverty |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **worsen** | present · perfect · passive |  | climate and nature |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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