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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Being on time around the world, waitin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "procrastination". Exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "procrastination".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» 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/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "procrastination".
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	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	procrastination	procrastination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	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 term |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=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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The division of a task among several different persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e4:o1:1
# text = The division of a task among several different persons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The completion of a task well before its deadline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e4:o2:1
# text = The completion of a task well before its deadline
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	deadline	deadline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  |  | a task |  |  | before task's deadline |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The measurement of time by means of a water clock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e4:o3:1
# text = The measurement of time by means of a water clock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	measurement	measurement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the measurement of time |  |  |  |  | of a water clock | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **measure** |  |  | time |  |  |  |  | nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The putting off of a task until a later time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e4:o4:1
# text = The putting off of a task until a later time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put off** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | of a task | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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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