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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the comparative safety, over the same distance travelled, of air travel on major airlines and travel by car. Exam question 3 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the comparative safety, over the same distance travelled, of air travel on major airlines and travel by car.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, same distance, car · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, travel · **To what, where:** response, comparative safety

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» 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/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the comparative safety, over the same distance travelled, of air travel on major airlines and travel by car.
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	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	comparative	comparative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	airlines	airline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	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; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the comparative safety |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus safety=Experiencer |
| 5 | **travel** | past | the same distance |  |  |  |  | of air travel on major airlines and travel by car | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of travel=Trajectory |
| 6 | **travel** |  | car |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: by=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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Both are precisely equal in safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:e3:o1:1
# text = Both are precisely equal in safety
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  | safety |  | equal, precisely *property* | tree rules |

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

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Air travel on major airlines is considerably safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:e3:o2:1
# text = Air travel on major airlines is considerably safer
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	airlines	airline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Air travel on major airlines |  |  |  |  | considerably, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Travel by car is considerably safer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:e3:o3:1
# text = Travel by car is considerably safer
1	Travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Travel by car |  |  |  |  | considerably, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** |  | car |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No comparison has ever been made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:e3:o4:1
# text = No comparison has ever been made
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	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 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | no comparison |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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