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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, rai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning overhead railway power lines. Exam question 3 of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning overhead railway power lines.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, overhead railway power lines

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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/75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning overhead railway power lines.
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	overhead	overhead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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* | overhead railway power lines |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus line=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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Contact is required for any injury to occur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:e3:o1:1
# text = Contact is required for any injury to occur
1	Contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Contact |  |  |  | for any injury | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **occur** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lines carry a voltage lower than a domestic socket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:e3:o2:1
# text = The lines carry a voltage lower than a domestic socket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voltage	voltage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | the lines | a voltage |  |  |  | low *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voltage=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Electricity may pass to a person in proximity without contact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:e3:o3:1
# text = Electricity may pass to a person in proximity without contact
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | may | Electricity |  |  | proximity |  | to a person; without contact | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in proximity=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lines are de-energised when wagons are stationary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no:e3:o4:1
# text = The lines are de-energised when wagons are stationary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	energised	energise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	wagons	wagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	stationary	stationary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **energise** | present · passive |  | the lines |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | wagons | stationary |  |  |  |  | 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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