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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of a common cold in the absence of treatment. Exam question 2 of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · "It worked once": one example is not all

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of a common cold in the absence of treatment.

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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, absent · **To what, where:** response, duration, treatment

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of a common cold in the absence of treatment.
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	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 duration |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus duration=Experiencer |
| 4 | **absent** |  |  | treatment |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state 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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It ordinarily persists for several months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:e2:o1:1
# text = It ordinarily persists for several months
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	persists	persist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | present | It |  |  |  | month | ordinarily *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It never resolves without a glass of hot whiskey taken at bedtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:e2:o2:1
# text = It never resolves without a glass of hot whiskey taken at bedtime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	whiskey	whiskey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **resolve** | present | It |  |  |  |  | without a glass of hot whiskey | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | participle |  | hot whiskey *not said here* |  | bedtime |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at bedtime=Asset |

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

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It ordinarily resolves within approximately seven to ten days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:e2:o3:1
# text = It ordinarily resolves within approximately seven to ten days
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | It |  |  |  | day | ordinarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It resolves within approximately one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:e2:o4:1
# text = It resolves within approximately one hour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | It |  |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |

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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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