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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the past forms "dived" and "dove". Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 4 · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the past forms "dived" and "dove".

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» 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/9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the past forms "dived" and "dove".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
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	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | infinitive | the response *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 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 past |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus past=Experiencer |
| 4 | **form** | present | the response |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **dive** *in a quote* | past |  | dove |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dove=Theme |

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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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The former is erroneous in every variety of English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e4:o1:1
# text = The former is erroneous in every variety of English
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the former |  |  | every variety of English |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The latter is erroneous in every variety of English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e4:o2:1
# text = The latter is erroneous in every variety of English
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the latter |  |  | every variety of English |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |

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

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The former is standard in British usage and the latter common in American usage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e4:o3:1
# text = The former is standard in British usage and the latter common in American usage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the former |  |  | British usage |  | standard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the former *not said here* |  |  | American usage |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither form exists in any dictionary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:e4:o4:1
# text = Neither form exists in any dictionary
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | neither form |  |  | any dictionary |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dictionary=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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