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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Accents and dialects around the world · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent. Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · Accents and dialects around the world

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, origin

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Australian accent.
1	Select	select	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the origin of the Australian accent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It has no connection with any accent of the British Isles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e3:o1:1
# text = It has no connection with any accent of the British Isles
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Isles	Isle	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no connection |  |  |  | with any accent of the British Isles | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient |
| 2 | **accent** |  |  | the British Isles |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was copied deliberately from American broadcasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e3:o2:1
# text = It was copied deliberately from American broadcasts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	broadcasts	broadcast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past · passive |  | It |  | American broadcasts |  | deliberately *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It developed from the accents of settlers from London, south-east England and Ireland

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e3:o3:1
# text = It developed from the accents of settlers from London, south-east England and Ireland
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	developed	develop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	accents	accent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	settlers	settler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	south	south	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	east	east	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **develop** | past | It | east England and Ireland |  |  |  | from London; from the accents of settlers | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from accent=Patient |
| 2 | **accent** |  |  | settlers |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was imposed by royal decree in the nineteenth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:e3:o4:1
# text = It was imposed by royal decree in the nineteenth century
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · passive | royal decree | It |  |  | century |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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