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# Exam question 4 · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Whereas a pupil has disseminated an untrue and hurtful statement concerning a classmate, ascertain the remedy which this lesson commends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** untrue statement, you, lesson · **What happens:** disseminate, concern, ascertain, commend · **To what, where:** pupil, classmate, remedy

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e4:1
# text = Whereas a pupil has disseminated an untrue and hurtful statement concerning a classmate, ascertain the remedy which this lesson commends.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obj	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	commends	commend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disseminate** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | a untrue statement *not said here* | a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classmate=Experiencer |
| 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the remedy |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic |
| 4 | **commend** | present | this lesson | the remedy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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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An apology, together with a correction to those informed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e4:o1:1
# text = An apology, together with a correction to those informed
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	_
10	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silence, in the expectation that it will be forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e4:o2:1
# text = Silence, in the expectation that it will be forgotten
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	that	that	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	forgotten	forget	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 | **forget** | future · passive |  | Silence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The attribution of responsibility to the original source

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e4:o3:1
# text = The attribution of responsibility to the original source
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The circulation of a further statement to distract

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e4:o4:1
# text = The circulation of a further statement to distract
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	distract	distract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distract** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **circulate** |  |  | a further statement |  |  |  |  | nom circulation «communication 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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