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title: Ascertain the conclusion reached by the inquests of 2016 in respect… — VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the conclusion reached by the inquests of 2016 in respect of the Hillsborough disaster. Exam question 4 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries

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Ascertain the conclusion reached by the inquests of 2016 in respect of the Hillsborough disaster.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, reach, respect · **To what, where:** conclusion, respect, Hillsborough disaster

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» 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/65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conclusion reached by the inquests of 2016 in respect of the Hillsborough disaster.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inquests	inquest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Hillsborough	Hillsborough	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **reach** | participle |  | the conclusion *not said here* |  | respect of the Hillsborough disaster |  | by the inquests of 2016 | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the Hillsborough disaster |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The victims were unlawfully killed and the supporters bore no blame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e4:o1:1
# text = The victims were unlawfully killed and the supporters bore no blame
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	victims	victim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	unlawfully	unlawfully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	supporters	supporter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | the victims |  |  |  | unlawfully *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | past | the supporters | no blame |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No fatalities occurred

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e4:o2:1
# text = No fatalities occurred
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	fatalities	fatality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occurred	occur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | past | no fatalities |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The inquiry reached no conclusion whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e4:o3:1
# text = The inquiry reached no conclusion whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | the inquiry | no conclusion |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The supporters were responsible for the disaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries:e4:o4:1
# text = The supporters were responsible for the disaster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	supporters	supporter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the supporters |  |  |  |  | for the disaster; responsible *property* | 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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