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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the international conference of 1884. Exam question 3 of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the international conference of 1884.

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**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, international conference

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world 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/world/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the international conference of 1884.
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	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	conference	conference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	1884	1884	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 international conference of 1884 |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conference=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Summer time was adopted throughout Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e3:o1:1
# text = Summer time was adopted throughout Europe
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | Summer time |  |  | throughout Europe |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first atomic clock was demonstrated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e3:o2:1
# text = The first atomic clock was demonstrated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
3	atomic	atomic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | past · passive |  | the first atomic clock |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Greenwich was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e3:o3:1
# text = Greenwich was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude
1	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meridian	meridian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | Greenwich |  |  |  | as meridian longitude | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as longitude=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Paris was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:e3:o4:1
# text = Paris was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude
1	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meridian	meridian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | Paris |  |  |  | as meridian longitude | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as longitude=Attribute |

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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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