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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Airports, the black box, helicopters a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the device commonly designated the black box. Exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the device commonly designated the black box.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, device · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, designate · **To what, where:** response, device, black box

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» 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/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the device commonly designated the black box.
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	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 device |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus device=Experiencer |
| 4 | **designate** | past | the device *not said here* | the black box |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

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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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It is a single black container concealed in order to deter theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:e1:o1:1
# text = It is a single black container concealed in order to deter theft
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	container	container	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	deter	deter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a single black container |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle |  | a single black container *not said here* |  | order |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location |
| 3 | **deter** | to-infinitive |  | theft |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer theft=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It records solely the entertainment viewed by passengers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:e1:o2:1
# text = It records solely the entertainment viewed by passengers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	records	record	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	viewed	view	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | It | the entertainment |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entertainment=Theme |
| 2 | **view** | participle |  | the entertainment *not said here* |  |  |  | by passengers | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It comprises two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds, coloured bright orange to facilitate their recovery

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:e1:o3:1
# text = It comprises two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds, coloured bright orange to facilitate their recovery
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	robust	robust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	recorders	recorder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	cockpit	cockpit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | present | It | two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds  coloured bright orange |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme recorder=Pivot |
| 2 | **facilitate** | to-infinitive |  | sounds's recovery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recover** |  | sounds *= sound* |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is jettisoned by the pilot prior to every landing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones:e1:o4:1
# text = It is jettisoned by the pilot prior to every landing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	jettisoned	jettison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pilot	pilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jettison** | present · passive | the pilot | It |  |  |  | prior every landing | 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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