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# Exam question 2 · When someone else takes your punishment

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Identify the principal reason for which a false excuse that has succeeded on two occasions ought not to be repeated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, succeed, not repeat · **To what, where:** principal reason, false excuse, two occasions

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a false excuse that has succeeded on two occasions ought not to be repeated.
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	20	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **succeed** | present · perfect · passive |  | a false excuse |  | two occasions |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **repeat** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a false excuse |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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It ceases to be effective after two occasions by rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e2:o1:1
# text = It ceases to be effective after two occasions by rule
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	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rule	rule	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 two occasions | by rule | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | effective *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It becomes truthful upon repetition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e2:o2:1
# text = It becomes truthful upon repetition
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | It |  |  |  |  | truthful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is permissible only upon two occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e2:o3:1
# text = It is permissible only upon two occasions
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	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon two occasions; permissible *property* | tree rules |

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

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It remains a falsehood and is liable to be detected, establishing a habit of deceit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e2:o4:1
# text = It remains a falsehood and is liable to be detected, establishing a habit of deceit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	detected	detect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	establishing	establish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It | a falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme falsehood=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | liable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **detect** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |
| 4 | **establish** | gerund |  | a habit of deceit |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habit=Patient |

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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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