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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Trains and the Underground · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines in the absence of any train. Exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Trains and the Underground

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines in the absence of any train.

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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, electrify, absent · **To what, where:** response, electrified railway lines, absence, train

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology 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/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines in the absence of any train.
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	electrified	electrify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	train	train	NOUN	NN	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* | electrified railway lines |  | the absence of any train |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus line=Experiencer |
| 4 | **electrify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **absent** |  |  | any train |  |  |  |  | nom absence «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the stones beneath the rails present any hazard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:e2:o1:1
# text = Only the stones beneath the rails present any hazard
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | the stones beneath the rails | any hazard |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The current is discontinued whenever the line is unoccupied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:e2:o2:1
# text = The current is discontinued whenever the line is unoccupied
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	discontinued	discontinue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unoccupied	unoccupied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discontinue** | present · passive |  | the current |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | the line |  |  |  |  | unoccupied, whenever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Such lines are entirely harmless until a train approaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:e2:o3:1
# text = Such lines are entirely harmless until a train approaches
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	approaches	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such lines |  |  |  |  | entirely, harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **approach** | present | a train |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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A live rail or overhead conductor remains capable of inflicting fatal injury even when no train is present

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:e2:o4:1
# text = A live rail or overhead conductor remains capable of inflicting fatal injury even when no train is present
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	overhead	overhead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	conductor	conductor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	inflicting	inflict	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | a live rail or overhead conductor |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **inflict** | gerund | a live rail or overhead conductor *not said here* | fatal injury |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | no train |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |

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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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