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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Who stole the remote? Jumping to concl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footprints displaying toes upon a hall carpet while the accused child wears socks. Exam question 3 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footprints displaying toes upon a hall carpet while the accused child wears socks.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, concerning footprints, accused child · **What happens:** select, establish, display, accuse, wear · **To what, where:** response, toes, socks

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footprints displaying toes upon a hall carpet while the accused child wears socks.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
22	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 | **display** | gerund | concerning footprints *not said here* | toes |  |  |  | upon a hall carpet | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Theme |
| 4 | **accuse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **wear** | present | the accused child | socks |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The evidence is irrelevant to the enquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e3:o1:1
# text = The evidence is irrelevant to the enquiry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	irrelevant	irrelevant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the evidence |  |  |  |  | to the enquiry; irrelevant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The evidence indicates an intruder who walked in wearing heavy boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e3:o2:1
# text = The evidence indicates an intruder who walked in wearing heavy boots
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	intruder	intruder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the evidence | a intruder |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot intruder=Topic |
| 2 | **walk** | past | a intruder |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wear** | gerund | a intruder *not said here* | heavy boots |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |

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

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The evidence indicates the dog rather than the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e3:o3:1
# text = The evidence indicates the dog rather than the child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	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	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	9	cc	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the evidence | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dog=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The evidence confirms the child's guilt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e3:o4:1
# text = The evidence confirms the child's guilt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confirms	confirm	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	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present | the evidence | the child's guilt |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot guilt=Topic |

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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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