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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Diggers, cranes and cement mixers · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hardening of concrete. Exam question 2 of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 2 · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hardening of concrete.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, concrete · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, harden · **To what, where:** response, hardening

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» 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/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hardening of concrete.
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	hardening	hardening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 hardening of concrete |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hardening=Experiencer |
| 4 | **harden** |  | concrete |  |  |  |  |  | nom hardening «state intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Concrete hardens by means of a chemical reaction with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:e2:o1:1
# text = Concrete hardens by means of a chemical reaction with water
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hardens	harden	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harden** | present | Concrete |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Concrete *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of a chemical reaction with water | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Concrete hardens only when compressed by a roller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:e2:o2:1
# text = Concrete hardens only when compressed by a roller
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hardens	harden	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	compressed	compress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roller	roller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harden** | present | Concrete |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **compress** | participle | Concrete *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Concrete hardens solely by evaporation of its water in the heat of the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:e2:o3:1
# text = Concrete hardens solely by evaporation of its water in the heat of the sun
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hardens	harden	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harden** | present | Concrete |  |  | the heat of the sun |  | by evaporation of Concrete's water; solely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **evaporate** |  |  | Concrete's water |  |  |  |  | nom evaporation «process transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **heat** |  | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concrete hardens exclusively by freezing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers:e2:o4:1
# text = Concrete hardens exclusively by freezing
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hardens	harden	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	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harden** | present | Concrete |  |  |  |  | by freezing; exclusively *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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