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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — What vitamins do · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision. Exam question 2 of lesson 21 «What vitamins do» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 2 · What vitamins do

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, consume · **To what, where:** response, consumption, carrots

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «What vitamins do» of the medicine 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/medicine/21-what-vitamins-do/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:21-what-vitamins-do:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision.
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	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 consumption of carrots and nocturnal vision |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer |
| 4 | **consume** |  |  | carrots and nocturnal vision |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Carrots contain no precursor of vitamin A

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:21-what-vitamins-do:e2:o1:1
# text = Carrots contain no precursor of vitamin A
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	precursor	precursor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | Carrots | no precursor of vitamin |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot precursor=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Carrots impair vision in dim light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:21-what-vitamins-do:e2:o2:1
# text = Carrots impair vision in dim light
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	impair	impair	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impair** | present | Carrots | vision |  | dim light |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vision=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Abundant intake confers the power of night vision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:21-what-vitamins-do:e2:o3:1
# text = Abundant intake confers the power of night vision
1	Abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	intake	intake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present | Abundant intake | the power of night vision |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Normal intake supports ordinary vision but confers no night vision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:21-what-vitamins-do:e2:o4:1
# text = Normal intake supports ordinary vision but confers no night vision
1	Normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	intake	intake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	supports	support	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present |  | no night vision |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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