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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a hammer and a feather released simultaneously upon the surface of the Moon. Exam question 4 of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Sounds right, but is wrong

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a hammer and a feather released simultaneously upon the surface of the Moon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, release · **To what, where:** response, hammer, feather

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a hammer and a feather released simultaneously upon the surface of the Moon.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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* | a hammer and a feather |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hammer=Experiencer |
| 5 | **release** | participle |  | a feather *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the surface of the Moon; simultaneously *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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The hammer reaches the surface first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e4:o1:1
# text = The hammer reaches the surface first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | the hammer | the surface |  |  |  | first *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The feather reaches the surface first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e4:o2:1
# text = The feather reaches the surface first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | the feather | the surface |  |  |  | first *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The feather does not descend at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e4:o3:1
# text = The feather does not descend at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **descend** | present · do-support | the feather |  |  | all |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Both reach the surface at the same moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e4:o4:1
# text = Both reach the surface at the same moment
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | Both | the surface |  |  | moment |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme |

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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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