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# Exam question 1 · Excuses and the lies that grow

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a deception which has repeatedly escaped discovery.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, escape · **To what, where:** response, deception

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e1:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a deception which has repeatedly escaped discovery.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a deception |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deception=Experiencer |
| 5 | **escape** | present · perfect · passive |  | a deception |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Prior success guarantees immunity from any consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e1:o1:1
# text = Prior success guarantees immunity from any consequence
1	Prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	immunity	immunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present | Prior success | immunity |  | any consequence |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition immunity=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Prior success affords no assurance that the deception will continue to escape discovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e1:o2:1
# text = Prior success affords no assurance that the deception will continue to escape discovery
1	Prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	assurance	assurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | Prior success | no assurance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **continue** | future | the deception |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | the deception *not said here* | discovery |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discovery=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A deception undiscovered on three occasions becomes truthful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e1:o3:1
# text = A deception undiscovered on three occasions becomes truthful
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	undiscovered	undiscover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undiscover** | participle |  | a deception *not said here* |  | three occasions |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | a deception |  |  |  |  | truthful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Repeated success renders the deception permissible, since no harm has thereby been occasioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e1:o4:1
# text = Repeated success renders the deception permissible, since no harm has thereby been occasioned
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **render** | present | Repeated success | the deception |  |  |  | permissible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Theme |
| 3 | **occasion** | present · perfect · passive |  | no harm |  |  |  | thereby *property* | 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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