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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a mobile telephone found upon public transport. Exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a mobile telephone found upon public transport.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, find, retain · **To what, where:** response, retention, mobile telephone

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection 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/reflection/16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a mobile telephone found upon public transport.
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	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	mobile	mobile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	transport	transport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 retention of a mobile telephone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retention=Experiencer |
| 4 | **find** | participle |  | a mobile telephone *not said here* |  |  |  | upon public transport | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **retain** |  |  | a mobile telephone |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Property found upon a bus passes lawfully to the finder thereof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e3:o1:1
# text = Property found upon a bus passes lawfully to the finder thereof
1	Property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	finder	finder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | participle |  | Property *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a bus | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pass** | present | Property |  |  | the finder |  | lawfully, thereof *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to finder=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Retention is permissible provided the device remains unused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e3:o2:1
# text = Retention is permissible provided the device remains unused
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	unused	unused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Retention |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **remain** | present | the provided device |  |  |  |  | unused *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The owner of such property is deemed to have abandoned it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e3:o3:1
# text = The owner of such property is deemed to have abandoned it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | the owner of such property |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | owner |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme it=Source |

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

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Retention of property capable of return constitutes a form of theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e3:o4:1
# text = Retention of property capable of return constitutes a form of theft
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Retention of property | a form of theft |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot |
| 2 | **retain** |  |  | property |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | theft |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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