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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placement of a preposition at the end of an English sentence. Exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placement of a preposition at the end of an English sentence.

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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, placement, end

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» 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/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placement of a preposition at the end of an English sentence.
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	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	preposition	preposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 placement of a preposition |  |  | at the end of a English sentence |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placement=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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Such placement constitutes an error in every variety of English, without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:e3:o1:1
# text = Such placement constitutes an error in every variety of English, without exception
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Such placement | a error |  | every variety of English |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme error=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such placement is permitted exclusively in interrogative sentences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:e3:o2:1
# text = Such placement is permitted exclusively in interrogative sentences
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	interrogative	interrogative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | Such placement |  | interrogative sentences |  | exclusively *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in sentence=Location |

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

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Such placement is natural in English; the contrary prescription derives from imitation of Latin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:e3:o3:1
# text = Such placement is natural in English; the contrary prescription derives from imitation of Latin
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	prescription	prescription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	imitation	imitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such placement |  |  | English |  | natural *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **derive** | present | the contrary prescription |  |  | imitation of Latin |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from imitation=Material |
| 3 | **imitate** |  |  | Latin |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such placement was prohibited by statute in the eighteenth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:e3:o4:1
# text = Such placement was prohibited by statute in the eighteenth century
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	statute	statute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	eighteenth	eighteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | past · passive | statute | Such placement |  |  | century |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

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