--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the core of a pencil. Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/e1/) [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/) / [Pencils, paper and school things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Pencils, paper and school things Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the core of a pencil. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, core This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e1:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the core of a pencil. 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 core core NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . 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 core of a pencil | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus core=Experiencer | 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 compressed charcoal from cedar trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e1:o1:1 # text = It consists of compressed charcoal from cedar trees 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 compressed compress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 cedar cedar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | cedar trees | | of compressed charcoal | tree rules | | 2 | **compress** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It consists of metallic lead and is poisonous ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e1:o2:1 # text = It consists of metallic lead and is poisonous 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 metallic metallic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of metallic lead | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | poisonous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It consists of graphite combined with clay and contains no metallic lead ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e1:o3:1 # text = It consists of graphite combined with clay and contains no metallic lead 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 graphite graphite NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 combined combine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 11 metallic metallic NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of graphite | tree rules | | 2 | **combine** | participle | | graphite *not said here* | | | | with clay | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with clay=Co-Patient | | 3 | **contain** | present | | no metallic lead | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lead=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It consists of solidified ink ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:e1:o4:1 # text = It consists of solidified ink 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 solidified solidify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | It | | | | | of solidified ink | tree rules | | 2 | **solidify** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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