--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The kid who is always on the bench · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of small stature at the age of ten. Exam question 3 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [The kid who is always on the bench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The kid who is always on the bench Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of small stature at the age of ten. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, children This is exam question 3 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of small stature at the age of ten. 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 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 stature stature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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* | children of small stature at the age of ten | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer | 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} Such children will invariably remain small ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e3:o1:1 # text = Such children will invariably remain small 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | future | Such children | | | | | invariably, small *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The pubertal growth spurt may occur considerably later ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e3:o2:1 # text = The pubertal growth spurt may occur considerably later 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 pubertal pubertal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 spurt spurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 occur occur VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 considerably considerably ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | may | the pubertal growth spurt | | | | | late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Such children are unsuited to sport ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e3:o3:1 # text = Such children are unsuited to sport 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 unsuited unsuit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unsuit** | present · passive | | Such children | | | | to sport | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their adult height is fixed at that age ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench:e3:o4:1 # text = Their adult height is fixed at that age 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 adult adult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present · passive | | Their adult height | | | at that age | | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at age=Value | **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. 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