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description: Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage is to be reported to an adult without delay. Exam question 2 of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

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Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage is to be reported to an adult without delay.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, report · **To what, where:** principal reason, accidental breakage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage is to be reported to an adult without delay.
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	13	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	breakage	breakage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **report** | present · passive | you *not said here* | a accidental breakage |  |  |  | for the principal reason; to a adult; without delay | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=Theme |

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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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Adults never notice breakages unaided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e2:o1:1
# text = Adults never notice breakages unaided
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	breakages	breakage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	unaided	unaided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | present | Adults | breakages |  |  |  | unaided *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer breakage=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Delay is forbidden only on school days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e2:o2:1
# text = Delay is forbidden only on school days
1	Delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive |  | Delay |  |  | day |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Reporting it promptly transfers the blame to another person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e2:o3:1
# text = Reporting it promptly transfers the blame to another person
1	Reporting	report	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	promptly	promptly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	transfers	transfer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **transfer** | present | Reporting | the blame | another person |  |  | promptly *property* | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blame=Theme to person=Recipient |

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

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Owning up early usually makes the trouble smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up:e2:o4:1
# text = Owning up early usually makes the trouble smaller
1	Owning	own	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **make** | present | Owning | the trouble |  |  |  | small, usually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trouble=Product |

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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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