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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of English vocabulary. Exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of English vocabulary.

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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, composition

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin» 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/23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of English vocabulary.
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	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 composition of English vocabulary |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=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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English vocabulary is entirely of Old English origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e4:o1:1
# text = English vocabulary is entirely of Old English origin
1	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	origin	origin	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 | English vocabulary |  |  |  |  | of Old English origin; entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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English vocabulary is entirely of French origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e4:o2:1
# text = English vocabulary is entirely of French origin
1	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	origin	origin	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 | English vocabulary |  |  |  |  | of French origin; entirely *property* | tree rules |

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

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A majority of dictionary words derive from Latin and French, whereas the commonest words are chiefly Old English

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e4:o3:1
# text = A majority of dictionary words derive from Latin and French, whereas the commonest words are chiefly Old English
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	19	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	commonest	common	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | a majority of dictionary words |  |  | Latin and French |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from latin=Material |
| 2 | **is** | present | the commonest words |  |  |  |  | whereas chiefly Old English | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Borrowed words are confined to scientific terminology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e4:o4:1
# text = Borrowed words are confined to scientific terminology
1	Borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	terminology	terminology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **confine** | present · passive |  | Borrowed words |  | scientific terminology |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to terminology=Destination |

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