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description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "Oh, I love it!" uttered by a recipient who does not, in fact, care for the gift received. Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 1 · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "Oh, I love it!" uttered by a recipient who does not, in fact, care for the gift received.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most, I, recipient, gift · **What happens:** select, characteris, love, utter, not do, receive · **To what, where:** response, expression, fact · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life 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/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so:e1:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "Oh, I love it!" uttered by a recipient who does not, in fact, care for the gift received.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
18	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	recipient	recipient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
30	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	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 | **characteris** | present | most | the expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | I | expression |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 4 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle |  | the expression *not said here* |  |  |  | by a recipient | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **do** | present | a recipient |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **receive** | past | the gift | fact and care *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A white lie intended to protect the feelings of the giver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so:e1:o1:1
# text = A white lie intended to protect the feelings of the giver
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | a white lie *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the feelings of the giver |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A serious deception intended to cause harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so:e1:o2:1
# text = A serious deception intended to cause harm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | a serious deception *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | harm |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A firm undertaking to use the gift daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so:e1:o3:1
# text = A firm undertaking to use the gift daily
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | the gift |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An expression of sincere and entirely unqualified admiration for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so:e1:o4:1
# text = An expression of sincere and entirely unqualified admiration for it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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