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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spellings "colour" and "color". Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «British and American words» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · British and American words

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spellings "colour" and "color".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, spellings

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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/21-british-and-american-words/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spellings "colour" and "color".
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	spellings	spelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	color	color	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 spellings |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spelling=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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"Color" is the sole correct form worldwide since 1828

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e4:o1:1
# text = "Color" is the sole correct form worldwide since 1828
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Color	color	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	worldwide	worldwide	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	since	since	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1828	1828	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Color | the sole correct form |  |  | since 1828 | worldwide *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Each is the accepted form within its respective country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e4:o2:1
# text = Each is the accepted form within its respective country
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	respective	respective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Each | the accepted form |  |  |  | within form's respective country | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither appears in any dictionary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e4:o3:1
# text = Neither appears in any dictionary
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | Neither |  |  | any dictionary |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dictionary=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Colour" was abolished by Noah Webster's dictionary of 1828

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e4:o4:1
# text = "Colour" was abolished by Noah Webster's dictionary of 1828
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Webster	webster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1828	1828	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | past · passive | Webster dictionary of 1828 | Colour |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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