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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Putting it together: explain each side… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of February 2022, as widely reported. Exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of February 2022, as widely reported.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, report · **To what, where:** response, events

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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/40-putting-it-together/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of February 2022, as widely reported.
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	11	det	_	_
11	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	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 events of February  2022 |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=Experiencer |
| 4 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 hostilities whatsoever were reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:e2:o1:1
# text = No hostilities whatsoever were reported
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	reported	report	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 | **report** | past · passive |  | no hostilities |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Russian Federation commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:e2:o2:1
# text = The Russian Federation commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	amod	_	_
3	Federation	Federation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | past | the Russian Federation | a scale invasion of Ukraine |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invade** |  |  | Ukraine |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The United Nations commenced hostilities against both states

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:e2:o3:1
# text = The United Nations commenced hostilities against both states
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | past | the United Nations | hostilities |  |  |  | against both states | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hostility=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ukraine commenced a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:40-putting-it-together:e2:o4:1
# text = Ukraine commenced a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	amod	_	_
11	Federation	Federation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | past | Ukraine | a scale invasion of the Russian Federation |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invade** |  |  | the Russian Federation |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=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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