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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the alleged association between the MMR vaccine and autism. Exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 2 · Vaccinations and why

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the alleged association between the MMR vaccine and autism.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, allege · **To what, where:** response, alleged association

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» 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/29-vaccinations-and-why/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the alleged association between the MMR vaccine and autism.
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	12	det	_	_
11	alleged	allege	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	MMR	MMR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	autism	autism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	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 alleged association |  |  |  | between the MMR vaccine and autism | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus association=Experiencer |
| 4 | **allege** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The study alleging it was found to be fraudulent and withdrawn, and no link has been found

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:e2:o1:1
# text = The study alleging it was found to be fraudulent and withdrawn, and no link has been found
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alleging	allege	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allege** *speech: other* | gerund | the study *not said here* | study |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | past · passive |  | the study |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | the study *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fraudulent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **withdraw** | participle | the study *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | no link |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The association is confirmed in respect of boys only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:e2:o2:1
# text = The association is confirmed in respect of boys only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	association	association	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	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present · passive |  | the association |  | respect of boys |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | boys |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The association was conclusively established in 1998 and subsequently confirmed by large investigations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:e2:o3:1
# text = The association was conclusively established in 1998 and subsequently confirmed by large investigations
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1998	1998	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	investigations	investigation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | past · passive |  | the association |  | 1998 |  | conclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **confirm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by large investigations; subsequently *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No investigation has ever been undertaken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:e2:o4:1
# text = No investigation has ever been undertaken
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	investigation	investigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | present · perfect · passive |  | no investigation |  |  | ever |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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