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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year designated zero. Exam question 2 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 2 · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year designated zero.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, year · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, designate · **To what, where:** response, zero

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» 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/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the year designated zero.
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	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obj	_	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* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **designate** | past | the year | zero |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zero=Theme |

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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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It is the year in which the Julian calendar was first instituted by Caesar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e2:o1:1
# text = It is the year in which the Julian calendar was first instituted by Caesar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	instituted	institute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the year |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **institute** | past · passive | Caesar | the Julian calendar |  |  | in the year | first *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No such year exists, the year 1 BC being immediately succeeded by AD 1

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e2:o2:1
# text = No such year exists, the year 1 BC being immediately succeeded by AD 1
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	BC	BC	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no such year |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **succeed** | gerund · passive | AD | the year BC |  |  |  | immediately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the first year of the Common Era

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e2:o3:1
# text = It is the first year of the Common Era
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Common	Common	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Era	Era	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the first year |  |  |  | of the Common Era | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the year of the completion of the Great Pyramid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines:e2:o4:1
# text = It is the year of the completion of the Great Pyramid
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Pyramid	Pyramid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the year |  |  |  | of the completion of the Great Pyramid | tree rules |
| 2 | **complete** |  |  | the Great Pyramid |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=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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