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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Checking practice: true, false and not… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages demanding onward transmission upon pain of a device being compromised. Exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages demanding onward transmission upon pain of a device being compromised.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, concerning messages · **What happens:** select, establish, demand, compromise, pain · **To what, where:** response, transmission, device

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages demanding onward transmission upon pain of a device being compromised.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	compromised	compromise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | concerning messages *not said here* | transmission |  |  |  | upon pain of a device | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme transmission=Precondition |
| 4 | **compromise** | gerund · passive |  | a device *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V» |
| 5 | **pain** |  |  | a device |  |  |  |  | nom pain «state 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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Transmission to ten persons protects the device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e4:o1:1
# text = Transmission to ten persons protects the device
1	Transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | Transmission to ten persons | the device |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Beneficiary |

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

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The transmission or otherwise of such a message has no bearing upon the security of a device

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e4:o2:1
# text = The transmission or otherwise of such a message has no bearing upon the security of a device
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	security	security	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the transmission of such message | no bearing |  |  |  | upon the security of a device | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |
| 2 | **transmit** |  |  | such message |  |  |  |  | nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only devices belonging to groups can be compromised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e4:o3:1
# text = Only devices belonging to groups can be compromised
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	compromised	compromise	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 | **belong** | gerund | devices *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to groups | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **compromise** | can · passive |  | devices |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Failure to transmit invariably results in compromise of the device and of every device in the same group

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e4:o4:1
# text = Failure to transmit invariably results in compromise of the device and of every device in the same group
1	Failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	compromise	compromise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | to-infinitive | Failure | results |  | compromise of the device and every device |  | in the same group; invariably *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |
| 2 | **compromise** |  | the device and every device |  |  |  |  |  | nom compromise «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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