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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exhaled air. Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Air and why we need it

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exhaled air.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, exhale · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» 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/17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exhaled air.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
12	exhaled	exhale	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts concern exhaled air; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **exhale** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 contains no oxygen whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:e3:o1:1
# text = It contains no oxygen whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | no oxygen |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme |

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

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It contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide than inhaled air, yet some oxygen remains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:e3:o2:1
# text = It contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide than inhaled air, yet some oxygen remains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
7	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	inhaled	inhale	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | less oxygen and more carbon dioxide than inhaled air |  |  |  | some oxygen remains *obl* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme |
| 2 | **inhale** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It consists entirely of carbon dioxide, the whole of the oxygen having been consumed in the lungs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:e3:o3:1
# text = It consists entirely of carbon dioxide, the whole of the oxygen having been consumed in the lungs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of carbon dioxide; entirely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **consume** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | the oxygen *not said here* |  | the lungs |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It contains more oxygen than inhaled air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:17-air-oxygen-carbon-dioxide:e3:o4:1
# text = It contains more oxygen than inhaled air
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	inhaled	inhale	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | more oxygen |  |  |  | than inhaled air | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme |
| 2 | **inhale** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V»: 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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