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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Ships, ports and submarines · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the means whereby a submarine submerges and surfaces. Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» 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 · Ships, ports and submarines

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the means whereby a submarine submerges and surfaces.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, the, submarine · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, mean, submerge · **To what, where:** response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» 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/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the means whereby a submarine submerges and surfaces.
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	nsubj	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	submarine	submarine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	submerges	submerge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	surfaces	surface	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **submerge** | present | a submarine |  |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It descends exclusively by means of an anchor lowered to the seabed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:e2:o1:1
# text = It descends exclusively by means of an anchor lowered to the seabed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a anchor | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lower** | participle |  | a anchor *not said here* |  | the seabed |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to seabed=Destination |

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

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It admits water to its tanks in order to descend and expels that water with compressed air in order to ascend

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:e2:o2:1
# text = It admits water to its tanks in order to descend and expels that water with compressed air in order to ascend
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	admits	admit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	expels	expel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	compressed	compress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	ascend	ascend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | It | water |  | order |  | to water's tanks | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme in order=Location |
| 2 | **descend** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **expel** | present |  | that water |  | order |  | with compressed air | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 4 | **compress** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **ascend** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It descends by extinguishing its lights and ascends by illuminating them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:e2:o3:1
# text = It descends by extinguishing its lights and ascends by illuminating them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	extinguishing	extinguish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ascends	ascend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	illuminating	illuminate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **extinguish** | gerund |  | its lights |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 3 | **ascend** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **illuminate** | gerund |  | lights *= light* |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination |
| 5 | **light** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is raised and lowered by the action of the tides alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:e2:o4:1
# text = It is raised and lowered by the action of the tides alone
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	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **lower** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the action of the tides | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by action=Destination |
| 3 | **act** |  | the tides |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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