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title: Identify the principal reason for which a spillage ought to be repor… — Accidents told too late · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a spillage ought to be reported without delay. Exam question 2 of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Accidents told too late

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Identify the principal reason for which a spillage ought to be reported without delay.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, report · **To what, where:** principal reason, spillage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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/343-accidents-told-too-late/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a spillage ought to be reported without delay.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **report** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a spillage |  |  |  | for the principal reason; without delay | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=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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It may be remedied more readily whilst fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e2:o1:1
# text = It may be remedied more readily whilst fresh
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	remedied	remedy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remedy** | may · passive |  | It |  |  |  | whilst fresh; readily *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It may thereby be concealed far more effectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e2:o2:1
# text = It may thereby be concealed far more effectively
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	effectively	effectively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | may · passive |  | It |  |  |  | effectively, thereby *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Delay has no bearing whatsoever upon the remedy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e2:o3:1
# text = Delay has no bearing whatsoever upon the remedy
1	Delay	delay	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	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Delay | no bearing |  |  |  | upon the remedy; whatsoever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It ceases to be a spillage after a short interval

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e2:o4:1
# text = It ceases to be a spillage after a short interval
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | It |  |  |  | after a short interval |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a spillage |  |  |  |  | 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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