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# Exam question 1 · Remembering details

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of conversation upon a memory of an event?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, effect · **To what, where:** effect, conversation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» of the everyday 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/everyday/18-remembering-details/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of conversation upon a memory of an event?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the effect of conversation upon a memory of a event |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **effect** |  |  | conversation upon a memory of a event |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Memories become wholly fixed once they have been discussed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e1:o1:1
# text = Memories become wholly fixed once they have been discussed
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	discussed	discuss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Memories |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | participle | Memories *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **discuss** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | Memories *= memory* |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Memories are unaffected by any conversation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e1:o2:1
# text = Memories are unaffected by any conversation
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Memories |  |  |  |  | by any conversation; unaffected *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Discussion invariably renders a memory more accurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e1:o3:1
# text = Discussion invariably renders a memory more accurate
1	Discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Discussion | a memory |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme |

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

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Memories may be altered through discussion, wherefore one should report what one personally observed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e1:o4:1
# text = Memories may be altered through discussion, wherefore one should report what one personally observed
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
14	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | may · passive |  | Memories |  | discussion |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **report** | should | one | one |  |  |  | wherefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **observe** | participle | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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