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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises reparation for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent? Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Accidents told too late

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises reparation for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** reparation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises reparation for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent?
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	reparation	reparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 |  | reparation |  |  |  | of the following statements; for the accidental breaking of the spectacles of a grandparent; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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It is required only where the grandparent so demands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e3:o1:1
# text = It is required only where the grandparent so demands
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | so demands; the grandparent *obl* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It may consist solely in the payment of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e3:o2:1
# text = It may consist solely in the payment of money
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | may | It |  |  | the payment of money |  | solely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It may consist in acts of service, such as reading aloud, as well as in money

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e3:o3:1
# text = It may consist in acts of service, such as reading aloud, as well as in money
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	consist	consist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
12	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | may | It |  |  | acts of service |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **act** |  | service |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is unnecessary where the breakage was accidental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e3:o4:1
# text = It is unnecessary where the breakage was accidental
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	breakage	breakage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unnecessary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the breakage |  |  |  |  | accidental *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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