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title: Determine the measure most conducive to the restoration of a friends… — When someone else takes your punishment · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the measure most conducive to the restoration of a friendship damaged by the false accusation of a friend. Exam question 4 of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 4 · When someone else takes your punishment

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Determine the measure most conducive to the restoration of a friendship damaged by the false accusation of a friend.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, damage, accuse · **To what, where:** measure, friendship, friend

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e4:1
# text = Determine the measure most conducive to the restoration of a friendship damaged by the false accusation of a friend.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	restoration	restoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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* | the measure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic |
| 2 | **damage** | participle |  | a friendship *not said here* |  |  |  | by the false accusation of a friend | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accuse** |  |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | nom accusation «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A full admission of the truth accompanied by an apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e4:o1:1
# text = A full admission of the truth accompanied by an apology
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | a full admission of the truth *not said here* |  |  |  | by a apology | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by apology=Destination |
| 2 | **admit** |  |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A prolonged period of silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e4:o2:1
# text = A prolonged period of silence
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The accusation of a third person who may have heard the secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e4:o3:1
# text = The accusation of a third person who may have heard the secret
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | may · perfect | a third person | the secret |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus |
| 2 | **accuse** |  |  | a third person |  |  |  |  | nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The disclosure of a further secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:e4:o4:1
# text = The disclosure of a further secret
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** |  |  | a further secret |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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