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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Algorithms, bubbles and false balance · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the scientific consensus on the warming of the Earth. Exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the scientific consensus on the warming of the Earth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, Earth · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, warm · **To what, where:** response, scientific consensus, warming

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» 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/34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the scientific consensus on the warming of the Earth.
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	12	det	_	_
11	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	consensus	consensus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	warming	warming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 scientific consensus |  | the warming of the Earth |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consensus=Experiencer |
| 4 | **warm** |  | the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | nom warming «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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No investigation of the question has been undertaken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:e3:o1:1
# text = No investigation of the question has been undertaken
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	investigation	investigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | present · perfect · passive |  | no investigation of the question |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **investigate** |  |  | the question |  |  |  |  | nom investigation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climate scientists are evenly divided upon the question, and the evidence favours neither position

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:e3:o2:1
# text = Climate scientists are evenly divided upon the question, and the evidence favours neither position
1	Climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	evenly	evenly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	favours	favour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | present · passive |  | Climate scientists |  |  |  | upon the question; evenly *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **favour** | present | the evidence | neither position |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The majority of climate scientists hold that the Earth is cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:e3:o3:1
# text = The majority of climate scientists hold that the Earth is cooling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | majority scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the Earth | cooling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The majority of climate scientists hold that the Earth is warming owing to human activity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:e3:o4:1
# text = The majority of climate scientists hold that the Earth is warming owing to human activity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the majority of climate |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | present · progressive | the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **owe** | gerund | the Earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to human activity *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to activity=Goal |

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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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