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title: Ascertain the most probable outcome of the burial of the fragments o… — Accidents told too late · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most probable outcome of the burial of the fragments of a broken garden ornament. Exam question 4 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 wrong
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# Exam question 4 · Accidents told too late

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Ascertain the most probable outcome of the burial of the fragments of a broken garden ornament.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, break, bury · **To what, where:** probable outcome, fragments

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most probable outcome of the burial of the fragments of a broken garden ornament.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
15	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	ornament	ornament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable outcome of the burial of the fragments of a broken garden ornament |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **bury** |  |  | the fragments of a broken garden ornament |  |  |  |  | nom burial «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 fragments are never discovered once they are buried in soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e4:o1:1
# text = The fragments are never discovered once they are buried in soil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **discover** | present · passive |  | the fragments |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **bury** | present · passive |  | fragments *= fragment* |  | soil |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in soil=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The fragments are commonly discovered at a later date

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e4:o2:1
# text = The fragments are commonly discovered at a later date
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present · passive |  | the fragments |  | a later date |  | commonly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ornament is thereby restored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e4:o3:1
# text = The ornament is thereby restored
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ornament	ornament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	restored	restore	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 | **restore** | present · passive |  | the ornament |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The owner is thereby compensated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:e4:o4:1
# text = The owner is thereby compensated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	compensated	compensate	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 | **compensate** | present · passive |  | the owner |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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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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