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title: Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with estab… — Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with established facts. Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths 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 1 · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

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Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, follow, be, establish · **To what, where:** assertions

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths 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/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e1:1
# text = Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with established facts.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
6	assertions	assertion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | assertions |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assertion=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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A camel's hump serves as a reservoir of water for the desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e1:o1:1
# text = A camel's hump serves as a reservoir of water for the desert
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reservoir	reservoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | a camel's hump |  |  |  |  | as a reservoir of water; for the desert | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reservoir=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An owl is able to rotate its head through approximately three-quarters of a circle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e1:o2:1
# text = An owl is able to rotate its head through approximately three-quarters of a circle
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rotate	rotate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a owl |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rotate** | to-infinitive | a owl *not said here* | owl's head |  | three quarters of a circle |  |  | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme through quarter=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A goldfish retains memories for three seconds only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e1:o3:1
# text = A goldfish retains memories for three seconds only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present | a goldfish | memories |  |  | second |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All species of bat are without sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:e1:o4:1
# text = All species of bat are without sight
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all species of bat |  |  |  |  | without sight | 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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