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title: Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution fo… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution for the mockery of a classmate. Exam question 4 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Teasing and laughing at others

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Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution for the mockery of a classmate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** determine, require, receive, mock · **To what, where:** absolution, classmate

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:e4:1
# text = Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution for the mockery of a classmate.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	absolution	absolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of a pupil | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 3 | **receive** | present · perfect | a pupil | absolution |  |  |  | for the mockery of a classmate | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absolution=Theme |
| 4 | **mock** |  |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  | nom mockery «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 {#o1}

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A written report to the head teacher only, the classmate being left without any apology

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:e4:o1:1
# text = A written report to the head teacher only, the classmate being left without any apology
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund · passive |  | the classmate |  |  |  | without any apology | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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An apology to the classmate and the discouragement of further mockery by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:e4:o2:1
# text = An apology to the classmate and the discouragement of further mockery by others
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	discouragement	discouragement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discourage** |  |  | further mockery |  |  |  |  | nom discouragement «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The avoidance of the classmate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:e4:o3:1
# text = The avoidance of the classmate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | the classmate |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No further action of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:e4:o4:1
# text = No further action of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** |  | any description |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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