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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning reports which provoke immediate anger in the reader. Exam question 3 of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning reports which provoke immediate anger in the reader.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, concerning reports · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, provoke · **To what, where:** response, immediate anger, reader

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning reports which provoke immediate anger in the reader.
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	12	amod	_	_
12	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	provoke	provoke	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts and concerning reports; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **provoke** | present | concerning reports | immediate anger |  | the reader |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anger=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They may be designed to provoke sharing, and warrant caution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e3:o1:1
# text = They may be designed to provoke sharing, and warrant caution
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	warrant	warrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	caution	caution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **design** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **provoke** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **share** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are published exclusively by official sources

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e3:o2:1
# text = They are published exclusively by official sources
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | present · passive | official sources | They |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They ought to be shared prior to being read in full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e3:o3:1
# text = They ought to be shared prior to being read in full
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | ought · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund · passive |  |  |  | full |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are invariably more accurate than calm reports

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e3:o4:1
# text = They are invariably more accurate than calm reports
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | than calm reports; accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |

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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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