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description: Whereas an employee commits an error in the course of his duties, determine the course of action that this lesson commends. Exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 3 · Being a good grown-up

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Whereas an employee commits an error in the course of his duties, determine the course of action that this lesson commends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** employee, you, lesson · **What happens:** commit, determine, commend · **To what, where:** error, course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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/40-being-a-good-grown-up/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:e3:1
# text = Whereas an employee commits an error in the course of his duties, determine the course of action that this lesson commends.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	commits	commit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	commends	commend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | present | a employee | a error |  | the course of employee's duties |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent error=Theme in course=Destination |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 3 | **commend** | present | this lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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Resignation prior to discovery of the error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:e3:o1:1
# text = Resignation prior to discovery of the error
1	Resignation	resignation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** |  |  | the error |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Concealment of the error until it is discovered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:e3:o2:1
# text = Concealment of the error until it is discovered
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	discovered	discover	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 | **discover** | present · passive |  | Concealment of the error until error |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **conceal** |  |  | the error until error |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Prompt disclosure of the error to his manager

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:e3:o3:1
# text = Prompt disclosure of the error to his manager
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** |  |  | the error to his manager |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Attribution of the error to a colleague

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:e3:o4:1
# text = Attribution of the error to a colleague
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colleague	colleague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** |  |  | the error to a colleague |  |  |  |  | nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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