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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning spiders and the human ear. Exam question 3 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning spiders and the human ear.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» 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/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning spiders and the human ear.
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	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	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* | spiders and the human ear |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spider=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 {#o1}

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Spiders do so only during the winter months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e3:o1:1
# text = Spiders do so only during the winter months
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Spiders |  |  |  | month |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The matter is settled by common knowledge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e3:o2:1
# text = The matter is settled by common knowledge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	settled	settle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | present · passive | common knowledge | the matter |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme subject=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spiders customarily lay eggs in the ears of sleepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e3:o3:1
# text = Spiders customarily lay eggs in the ears of sleepers
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | Spiders | eggs |  | the ears of sleepers |  | customarily *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in ear=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Spiders do not lay their eggs in human ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e3:o4:1
# text = Spiders do not lay their eggs in human ears
1	Spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lay** | present · do-support | Spiders | Spiders's eggs |  | human ears |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in ear=Destination |

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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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