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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sleep requirement of children aged nine to ten years. Exam question 2 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sleep requirement of children aged nine to ten years.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, age, require · **To what, where:** response, sleep requirement, children

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sleep requirement of children aged nine to ten years.
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	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	aged	age	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	_	_
16	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 sleep requirement of children |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus requirement=Experiencer |
| 4 | **age** | participle |  | children *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **require** |  |  | children |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Approximately five to six hours nightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e2:o1:1
# text = Approximately five to six hours nightly
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	nightly	nightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Approximately nine to eleven hours nightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e2:o2:1
# text = Approximately nine to eleven hours nightly
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	nightly	nightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Approximately fourteen to sixteen hours nightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e2:o3:1
# text = Approximately fourteen to sixteen hours nightly
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	nightly	nightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No particular quantity is required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e2:o4:1
# text = No particular quantity is required
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	required	require	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 | **require** | present · passive |  | no particular quantity |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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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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