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description: Determine which measures are most conducive to the gradual alteration of a habit of misconduct. Exam question 4 of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Determine which measures are most conducive to the gradual alteration of a habit of misconduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, measures · **What happens:** determine, be, alter · **To what, where:** habit

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e4:1
# text = Determine which measures are most conducive to the gradual alteration of a habit of misconduct.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	conducive	conducive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gradual	gradual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which measures |  |  |  |  | to the gradual alteration of a habit of misconduct; conducive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **alter** |  |  | a habit of misconduct |  |  |  |  | nom alteration «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The concealment of all future misconduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e4:o1:1
# text = The concealment of all future misconduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** |  |  | all future misconduct |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Remaining entirely idle at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e4:o2:1
# text = Remaining entirely idle at home
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  | idle |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme idle=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A single promise never to err again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e4:o3:1
# text = A single promise never to err again
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	err	err	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **err** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

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

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The avoidance of companions who incite it and the provision of occupation for idle time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:e4:o4:1
# text = The avoidance of companions who incite it and the provision of occupation for idle time
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	_	4	case	_	_
4	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	incite	incite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incite** | present | companions | it |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** |  |  | companions |  |  | for idle time |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
| 3 | **provide** |  | occupation |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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