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title: Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from a classroom and no pupil admits responsibility. Exam question 4 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 and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

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Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from a classroom and no pupil admits responsibility.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** determine, take, admit · **To what, where:** probable consequence, item, classroom, responsibility

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e4:1
# text = Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from a classroom and no pupil admits responsibility.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	admits	admit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
18	responsibility	responsibility	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 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present · passive |  | a item |  | a classroom |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from classroom=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | no pupil | responsibility |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A sanction may be imposed upon the entire class until an admission is made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e4:o1:1
# text = A sanction may be imposed upon the entire class until an admission is made
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sanction	sanction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | may · passive |  | a sanction |  |  |  | upon the entire class | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | a admission |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher invariably replaces the item without enquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e4:o2:1
# text = The teacher invariably replaces the item without enquiry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	replaces	replace	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	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | present | the teacher | the item |  |  |  | without enquiry; invariably *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme item=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The youngest pupil is held responsible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e4:o3:1
# text = The youngest pupil is held responsible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | the youngest pupil |  |  |  | responsible *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No consequence of any description ensues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:e4:o4:1
# text = No consequence of any description ensues
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
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	_	_
6	ensues	ensue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensue** | present | no consequence of any description |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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