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title: Identify the principal reason for which a person should pause before… — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a person should pause before sharing a story that provokes strong anger or fear. Exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

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Identify the principal reason for which a person should pause before sharing a story that provokes strong anger or fear.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person, story · **What happens:** identify, pause, share, provoke · **To what, where:** principal reason, story, strong anger

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a person should pause before sharing a story that provokes strong anger or fear.
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	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	pause	pause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	provokes	provoke	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **pause** | should | a person |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **share** | gerund | a person *not said here* | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **provoke** | present | a story | strong anger or fear |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anger=Experiencer |

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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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Strong feelings render a story true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:e2:o1:1
# text = Strong feelings render a story true
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Frightening stories are always out of date by the time they are read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:e2:o2:1
# text = Frightening stories are always out of date by the time they are read
1	Frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Frightening stories |  |  | date | time | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | present · passive |  | stories *= story* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Angry stories cannot be shared lawfully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:e2:o3:1
# text = Angry stories cannot be shared lawfully
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **share** | can · passive |  | Angry stories |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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False stories are designed to stir up strong feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:e2:o4:1
# text = False stories are designed to stir up strong feelings
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **design** | present · passive |  | False stories |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **stir up** | to-infinitive |  | strong feelings |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=Patient |

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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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