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# Exam question 2 · Phones and how a call travels

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the emergency telephone numbers in the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, emergency telephone numbers, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» 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/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the emergency telephone numbers in the United Kingdom.
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	13	det	_	_
11	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	17	flat	_	_
17	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	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* | the emergency telephone numbers |  | the United Kingdom |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer |

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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}

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The emergency numbers operate solely from landline telephones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e2:o1:1
# text = The emergency numbers operate solely from landline telephones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	operate	operate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	landline	landline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	telephones	telephone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | present | the emergency numbers |  |  | landline telephones |  | solely *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The emergency numbers require a minimum of one pound in credit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e2:o2:1
# text = The emergency numbers require a minimum of one pound in credit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minimum	minimum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the emergency numbers | a minimum of one pound |  | credit |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme minimum=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both 999 and 112 connect the caller to an emergency operator, even in the absence of credit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e2:o3:1
# text = Both 999 and 112 connect the caller to an emergency operator, even in the absence of credit
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	112	112	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	connect	connect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	operator	operator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | present | both 999 | the caller |  |  |  | to a emergency operator | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent caller=Patient to operator=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | credit |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only 911 connects the caller to an operator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:e2:o4:1
# text = Only 911 connects the caller to an operator
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	911	911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	connects	connect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	operator	operator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | present | 911 | the caller |  |  |  | to a operator | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent caller=Patient to operator=Co-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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