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title: Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who ha… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who has received absolution for the taking of money from a parent. Exam question 2 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 2 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

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Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who has received absolution for the taking of money from a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal obligation, penitent · **What happens:** identify, remain, receive, take · **To what, where:** principal obligation, absolution, money

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who has received absolution for the taking of money from a parent.
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	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	absolution	absolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 obligation |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | present | the principal obligation |  |  |  |  | to a penitent | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **receive** | present · perfect | a penitent | absolution |  |  |  | for the taking of money from a parent | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absolution=Theme |
| 4 | **take** |  |  | money |  |  |  | from a parent | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient from=obl |

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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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No obligation of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e2:o1:1
# text = No obligation of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obligate** |  |  | any description |  |  |  |  | nom obligation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The restitution of the money and an apology to the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e2:o2:1
# text = The restitution of the money and an apology to the parent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restitute** |  |  | the money and a apology |  |  |  | to the parent | nom restitution «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The payment of an equivalent sum to the church in place of the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e2:o3:1
# text = The payment of an equivalent sum to the church in place of the parent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  |  | a equivalent sum |  | place of the parent |  | to the church | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The avoidance of the parent for some days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e2:o4:1
# text = The avoidance of the parent for some days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | the parent |  |  | for some days |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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