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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Food myths and fads · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «superfood». Exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Food myths and fads

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «superfood».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, designation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» 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/55-food-myths-and-fads/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «superfood».
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	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	superfood	superfood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	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 designation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus designation=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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It denotes a scientifically defined category of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:e2:o1:1
# text = It denotes a scientifically defined category of food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	scientifically	scientifically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	defined	define	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a defined category of food |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot category=Topic |
| 2 | **define** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | scientifically *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It denotes a food conferring supernatural abilities upon the eater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:e2:o2:1
# text = It denotes a food conferring supernatural abilities upon the eater
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	conferring	confer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	supernatural	supernatural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	abilities	ability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eater	eater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a food |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot food=Topic |
| 2 | **confer** | gerund | a food *not said here* | supernatural abilities |  |  |  | upon the eater | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It denotes food permitted solely to athletes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:e2:o3:1
# text = It denotes food permitted solely to athletes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	athletes	athlete	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | food |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot food=Topic |
| 2 | **permit** | participle |  | food *not said here* |  |  |  | to athletes; solely *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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

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It is a term of marketing without scientific standing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a term of marketing without scientific standing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	marketing	marketing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a term |  |  |  | of marketing; without scientific standing | 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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