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description: Which of the following constitutes the recommended response upon receiving a gift one does not like? Exam question 1 of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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 
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# Exam question 1 · White lies and kind silence

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Which of the following constitutes the recommended response upon receiving a gift one does not like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** recommended response · **What happens:** follow, constitute, recommend, receive, not like · **To what, where:** gift one

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:e1:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the recommended response upon receiving a gift one does not like?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **constitute** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **receive** | gerund | the recommended response *not said here* | a gift one |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | the recommended response |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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 {#o1}

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Tell the giver plainly that the gift is not liked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:e1:o1:1
# text = Tell the giver plainly that the gift is not liked
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	plainly	plainly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	liked	like	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the giver |  |  | plainly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent giver=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **like** | present · passive |  | the gift |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Thank the giver warmly for their thought and effort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:e1:o2:1
# text = Thank the giver warmly for their thought and effort
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  | the giver |  |  |  | for their thought and effort; warmly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent giver=Theme for thought=Attribute |
| 2 | **think** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Return the gift without saying anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:e1:o3:1
# text = Return the gift without saying anything at all
1	Return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* | the gift |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | anything |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say the gift is perfect and the best ever made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:e1:o4:1
# text = Say the gift is perfect and the best ever made
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the gift |  |  |  |  | the best *obl*; perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle | the gift *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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