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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placing of a mobile telephone within a microwave oven. Exam question 2 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placing of a mobile telephone within a microwave oven.

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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 · **To what, where:** response, placing

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» 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/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placing of a mobile telephone within a microwave oven.
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	placing	placing	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	mobile	mobile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	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 placing of a mobile telephone |  |  |  | within a microwave oven | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placing=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It charges the battery within ten seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e2:o1:1
# text = It charges the battery within ten seconds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | present | It | the battery |  |  | second |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location battery=Theme |

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

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It may produce sparks and cause a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e2:o2:1
# text = It may produce sparks and cause a fire
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | may | It | sparks |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Result |
| 2 | **cause** | infinitive |  | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It improves the reception of the telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e2:o3:1
# text = It improves the reception of the telephone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reception	reception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present | It | the reception of the telephone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent reception=Patient |
| 2 | **receive** |  |  | the telephone |  |  |  |  | nom reception «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is safe if undertaken briefly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e2:o4:1
# text = It is safe if undertaken briefly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **undertake** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | briefly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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