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# Exam question 3 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning a penitent who repeats a wrong after a former confession?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teaching, penitent · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern, repeat · **To what, where:** teaching, penitent, wrong

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning a penitent who repeats a wrong after a former confession?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obj	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the teaching |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the teaching *not said here* | a penitent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus penitent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **repeat** | present | a penitent | a wrong |  |  | after a former confession |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Forgiveness remains available, but reparation is required on each occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e3:o1:1
# text = Forgiveness remains available, but reparation is required on each occasion
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	reparation	reparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Forgiveness |  |  |  |  | available *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  | reparation |  | each occasion |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A second confession is prohibited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e3:o2:1
# text = A second confession is prohibited
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	confession	confession	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	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | a second confession |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Repetition relieves the penitent of any duty of reparation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e3:o3:1
# text = Repetition relieves the penitent of any duty of reparation
1	Repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relieves	relieve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reparation	reparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | present | Repetition | the penitent of any duty of reparation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus penitent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Forgiveness is available on a single occasion only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e3:o4:1
# text = Forgiveness is available on a single occasion only
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Forgiveness |  |  | a single occasion |  | available *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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