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description: State the measure most consistent with making amends for a neglected turn in a family rota. Exam question 4 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you

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State the measure most consistent with making amends for a neglected turn in a family rota.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, make, neglect · **To what, where:** measure, amends

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play:e4:1
# text = State the measure most consistent with making amends for a neglected turn in a family rota.
1	State	state	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	rota	rota	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	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 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent measure=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | amends |  |  |  | for a neglected turn in a family rota | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for turn=Asset |
| 3 | **neglect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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 request that the rota be abolished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play:e4:o1:1
# text = A request that the rota be abolished
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rota	rota	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	abolished	abolish	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 | **abolish** | infinitive · passive |  | a request  the rota |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silence until the matter is forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play:e4:o2:1
# text = Silence until the matter is forgotten
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	forgotten	forget	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 | **forget** | present · passive |  | Silence until the matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A written complaint regarding the rota

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play:e4:o3:1
# text = A written complaint regarding the rota
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	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rota	rota	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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An apology followed by performance of the duty, and extra if possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play:e4:o4:1
# text = An apology followed by performance of the duty, and extra if possible
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | a apology *not said here* |  |  |  | by performance of the duty | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by performance=Location |
| 2 | **perform** |  |  | the duty |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=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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