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# Exam question 2 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Identify the principal harms resulting from the discharge of a firecracker at the door of an elderly neighbour.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, harm, result, discharge · **To what, where:** discharge, firecracker

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal harms resulting from the discharge of a firecracker at the door of an elderly neighbour.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	resulting	result	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	discharge	discharge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	firecracker	firecracker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **harm** | present | the principal |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **result** | gerund | the principal *not said here* |  |  | the discharge of a firecracker at the door of a elderly neighbour |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **discharge** |  |  | a firecracker at the door of a elderly neighbour |  |  |  |  | nom discharge «event 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 {#o1}

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Harm solely to the reputation of the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e2:o1:1
# text = Harm solely to the reputation of the street
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repute** |  |  | the street |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Harm solely to the person discharging it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e2:o2:1
# text = Harm solely to the person discharging it
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	discharging	discharge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** | gerund | the person *not said here* | Harm |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Fear caused to the occupant and her animal, and damage to the property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e2:o3:1
# text = Fear caused to the occupant and her animal, and damage to the property
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	occupant	occupant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | Fear |  |  |  |  | to the occupant and Fear's animal | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to occupant=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No harm, the noise being of short duration and the door being undamaged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e2:o4:1
# text = No harm, the noise being of short duration and the door being undamaged
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	undamaged	undamag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the noise |  |  |  |  | of short duration | tree rules |
| 2 | **undamag** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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