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# Exam question 3 · Little lies at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between sacramental confession and restitution to the person wronged?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, wrong · **To what, where:** relation, person

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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/336-little-lies-at-home/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between sacramental confession and restitution to the person wronged?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	sacramental	sacramental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
19	wronged	wrong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **characteris** | present |  | the relation |  |  |  | of the following statements; between sacramental confession and restitution; to the person; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wrong** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Confession may relieve the burden of guilt but does not replace apology and restitution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:e3:o1:1
# text = Confession may relieve the burden of guilt but does not replace apology and restitution
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | may | Confession | the burden of guilt |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burden=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **replace** | present · do-support | Confession *not said here* | apology and restitution |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apology=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **burden** |  |  | guilt |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Restitution is required only where confession is refused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:e3:o2:1
# text = Restitution is required only where confession is refused
1	Restitution	restitution	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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Restitution |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **refuse** | present · passive |  | confession |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither confession nor apology has any bearing upon the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:e3:o3:1
# text = Neither confession nor apology has any bearing upon the matter
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc	_	_
4	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | neither confession nor apology | any bearing |  |  |  | upon the matter | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Confession entirely removes any duty to apologise or to make amends to the person wronged

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:336-little-lies-at-home:e3:o4:1
# text = Confession entirely removes any duty to apologise or to make amends to the person wronged
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	wronged	wrong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Confession | any duty |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme |
| 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | to-infinitive | Confession *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Confession *not said here* | amends |  |  |  | to the person | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product |
| 4 | **wrong** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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