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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The news: who makes it and how · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning initial reports of breaking news. Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 2 · The news: who makes it and how

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning initial reports of breaking news.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, initial reports · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, break · **To what, where:** response, initial reports, news

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics 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/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning initial reports of breaking news.
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	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	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* | initial reports |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus report=Experiencer |
| 4 | **break** | gerund | initial reports *not said here* | news |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=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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Such reports are frequently incomplete or inaccurate and are revised as facts emerge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:e2:o1:1
# text = Such reports are frequently incomplete or inaccurate and are revised as facts emerge
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	revised	revise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
13	emerge	emerge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such reports |  |  |  |  | frequently, incomplete *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **revise** | present · passive | Such reports *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **emerge** | infinitive | Such reports *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as facts | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such reports are fabricated deliberately by broadcasters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:e2:o2:1
# text = Such reports are fabricated deliberately by broadcasters
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reports	report	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	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	broadcasters	broadcaster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fabricate** | present · passive | broadcasters | Such reports |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such reports are prohibited from subsequent amendment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:e2:o3:1
# text = Such reports are prohibited from subsequent amendment
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reports	report	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	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	amendment	amendment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Such reports |  | subsequent amendment |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from amendment=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such reports are invariably accurate in every particular and are never subsequently revised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:e2:o4:1
# text = Such reports are invariably accurate in every particular and are never subsequently revised
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	revised	revise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such reports |  |  | every particular |  | accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **revise** | present · passive | Such reports *not said here* |  |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» |

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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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