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title: Determine the proper response of a child who, having ceased to tease… — Leaving someone out · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the proper response of a child who, having ceased to tease others, subsequently repeats such conduct. Exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 4 · Leaving someone out

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Determine the proper response of a child who, having ceased to tease others, subsequently repeats such conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, cease, tease · **To what, where:** proper response, child, others

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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/347-leaving-someone-out/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:e4:1
# text = Determine the proper response of a child who, having ceased to tease others, subsequently repeats such conduct.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux	_	_
11	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	repeats	repeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	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 proper response of a child |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **cease** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tease** | to-infinitive |  | others  repeats and such conduct |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=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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He ought to conceal the repetition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:e4:o1:1
# text = He ought to conceal the repetition
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | ought | He | the repetition |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repetition=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He ought to regard the earlier apology as sufficient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:e4:o2:1
# text = He ought to regard the earlier apology as sufficient
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	regard	regard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | ought | He | the earlier apology |  |  |  | as sufficient | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent apology=Theme as sufficient=Value |

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

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He ought to apologise once more and make amends on this occasion also

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:e4:o3:1
# text = He ought to apologise once more and make amends on this occasion also
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | ought | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | He *not said here* | amends |  | this occasion |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ought to abandon all effort to improve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:e4:o4:1
# text = He ought to abandon all effort to improve
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | ought | He | all effort |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme effort=Source |
| 2 | **improve** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | all effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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