--- title: Identify the principal reason for which an account of an event ought… — Remembering details · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which an account of an event ought to be given or written down promptly. Exam question 3 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 choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/18-remembering-details/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Remembering details](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/18-remembering-details/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Remembering details Identify the principal reason for which an account of an event ought to be given or written down promptly. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, give, write down, account · **To what, where:** principal reason, account, event This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which an account of an event ought to be given or written down promptly. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **give** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a account of a event | | | | for the principal reason | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for which=Asset | | 3 | **write down** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | promptly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **account** | | | a event | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} Memories fade with rapidity ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e3:o1:1 # text = Memories fade with rapidity 1 Memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fade fade VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rapidity rapidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | present | Memories | | | | | with rapidity | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rapidity=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} Written accounts are invariably true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e3:o2:1 # text = Written accounts are invariably true 1 Written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Written accounts | | | | | invariably, true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The police accept accounts only on the same day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e3:o3:1 # text = The police accept accounts only on the same day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accept accept VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | present | the police | accounts | | | day | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Memories become more detailed with the passage of time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:18-remembering-details:e3:o4:1 # text = Memories become more detailed with the passage of time 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 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 detailed detailed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | Memories | | | | | with the passage of time; detailed *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pass** | | time | | | | | | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent | **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. 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