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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «net zero»? Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Exam question 4 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «net zero»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «net zero»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the term |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 condition in which no electricity whatsoever is consumed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e4:o1:1
# text = A condition in which no electricity whatsoever is consumed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · passive |  | whatsoever |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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

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A condition in which emissions of warming gas do not exceed the quantity removed from the atmosphere

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e4:o2:1
# text = A condition in which emissions of warming gas do not exceed the quantity removed from the atmosphere
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	emissions	emission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	warming	warming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	exceed	exceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exceed** | present · do-support | a condition in which emissions of warming gas | the quantity |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Theme |
| 2 | **remove** | participle |  | the quantity *not said here* |  | the atmosphere |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from atmosphere=Source |
| 3 | **emit** |  |  | warming gas |  |  |  |  | nom emission «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A condition in which no trees whatsoever are planted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e4:o3:1
# text = A condition in which no trees whatsoever are planted
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | present · passive |  | whatsoever |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A condition in which the national temperature is maintained at zero degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:e4:o4:1
# text = A condition in which the national temperature is maintained at zero degrees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | present · passive |  | the national temperature |  | a condition |  | at zero degrees | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=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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