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# Exam question 3 · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

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It is given that a pupil does not comprehend a lesson. Select the response consistent with honesty and with the pupil's interest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, not comprehend, select, interest · **To what, where:** It, lesson, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil does not comprehend a lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:1
# text = It is given that a pupil does not comprehend a lesson.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	comprehend	comprehend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **comprehend** | present · do-support | a pupil | a lesson |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with honesty and with the pupil's interest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with honesty and with the pupil's interest.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **interest** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The pupil shall remain silent and await the next lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:o1:1
# text = The pupil shall remain silent and await the next lesson
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | shall | the pupil |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **await** | infinitive | the pupil *not said here* | the next lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil shall pretend to understand to avoid embarrassment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:o2:1
# text = The pupil shall pretend to understand to avoid embarrassment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | shall | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* | embarrassment |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil shall copy the work of a classmate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:o3:1
# text = The pupil shall copy the work of a classmate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | shall | the pupil | the work of a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme |
| 2 | **work** |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The pupil shall state that they do not understand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play:e3:o4:1
# text = The pupil shall state that they do not understand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	state	state	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | shall | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **understand** | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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