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# Exam question 1 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment of damage caused accidentally.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, concealment · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, cause, conceal · **To what, where:** response, damage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e1:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment of damage caused accidentally.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
17	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cause** | past | the concealment of damage |  |  |  |  | accidentally *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 6 | **conceal** |  |  | damage |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Concealment has no bearing upon the trust of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e1:o1:1
# text = Concealment has no bearing upon the trust of others
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Concealment | no bearing |  |  |  | upon the trust of others | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |
| 2 | **trust** |  | others |  |  |  |  |  | nom trust «possession intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Concealment invariably prevents any consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e1:o2:1
# text = Concealment invariably prevents any consequence
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Concealment | any consequence |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer consequence=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Concealment is permissible where the article is of low value and readily replaced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e1:o3:1
# text = Concealment is permissible where the article is of low value and readily replaced
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	replaced	replace	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 | **is** | present | Concealment |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the article |  |  |  |  | of low value | tree rules |
| 3 | **replace** | participle | Concealment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

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

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Concealment commonly aggravates both the damage and the distress of the owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e1:o4:1
# text = Concealment commonly aggravates both the damage and the distress of the owner
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	aggravates	aggravate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aggravate** | present | Concealment | the damage and the distress of the owner |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus damage=Experiencer |
| 2 | **distress** |  |  | the owner |  |  |  |  | nom distress «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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