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title: It being given that a witness is uncertain of a particular detail, s… — Remembering details · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a witness is uncertain of a particular detail, select the response that is most appropriate. Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 2 · Remembering details

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It being given that a witness is uncertain of a particular detail, select the response that is most appropriate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witness, response · **What happens:** give, be, select · **To what, where:** It, response

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e2:1
# text = It being given that a witness is uncertain of a particular detail, select the response that is most appropriate.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a witness |  |  |  |  | of a particular detail; uncertain *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | tree rules |

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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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To supply the most probable detail as though it were certain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e2:o1:1
# text = To supply the most probable detail as though it were certain
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | to-infinitive |  | the probable detail |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | detail |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To decline to give any account whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e2:o2:1
# text = To decline to give any account whatsoever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decline	decline	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive |  | any account |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To repeat the detail as reported by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e2:o3:1
# text = To repeat the detail as reported by others
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | to-infinitive |  | the detail |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by others | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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To state honestly that he is not sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e2:o4:1
# text = To state honestly that he is not sure
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | sure *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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