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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Inflation explained with a chocolate bar · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the causes of elevated inflation. Exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Inflation explained with a chocolate bar

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the causes of elevated inflation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, elevate, cause · **To what, where:** response, causes, elevated inflation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» of the money 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/money/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the causes of elevated inflation.
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	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	inflation	inflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	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 causes of elevated inflation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cause=Experiencer |
| 4 | **elevate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **cause** |  |  | elevated inflation |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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 {#o1}

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Economists unanimously attribute it to a single cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e4:o1:1
# text = Economists unanimously attribute it to a single cause
1	Economists	economist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	unanimously	unanimously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | infinitive | Economists | it |  |  |  | to a single cause; unanimously *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It arises exclusively from the conduct of children who spend their pocket money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e4:o2:1
# text = It arises exclusively from the conduct of children who spend their pocket money
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	spend	spend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | the conduct of children |  | exclusively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spend** | present | children | children's pocket money |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | children |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has no cause and cannot be influenced by any measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e4:o3:1
# text = It has no cause and cannot be influenced by any measure
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	influenced	influence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no cause |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **influence** | can · passive | any measure |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Economists disagree, and several causes may operate concurrently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e4:o4:1
# text = Economists disagree, and several causes may operate concurrently
1	Economists	economist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	operate	operate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	concurrently	concurrently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | Economists |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **operate** | may | several causes |  |  |  |  | concurrently *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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