--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Power stations and the grid · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white plume emitted from a cooling tower. Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Power stations and the grid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Power stations and the grid Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white plume emitted from a cooling tower. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, emit · **To what, where:** response, white plume, cooling tower This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:e2:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white plume emitted from a cooling tower. 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 12 det _ _ 11 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 plume plume NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 emitted emit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 cooling cooling NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 white plume | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plume=Experiencer | | 4 | **emit** | participle | | the white plume *not said here* | | a cooling tower | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source | 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} It consists of smoke produced by combustion ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:e2:o1:1 # text = It consists of smoke produced by combustion 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 combustion combustion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of smoke | tree rules | | 2 | **produce** | participle | | smoke *not said here* | | | | by combustion | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It consists of radioactive gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:e2:o2:1 # text = It consists of radioactive gas 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 radioactive radioactive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of radioactive gas | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It consists of water vapour ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:e2:o3:1 # text = It consists of water vapour 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 vapour vapour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of water vapour | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It consists of dust from the interior of the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:e2:o4:1 # text = It consists of dust from the interior of the tower 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 interior interior NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | the interior of the tower | | of dust | tree rules | **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. 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