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title: Identify the principal consequence of one participant appropriating… — Taking too much · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal consequence of one participant appropriating a disproportionate quantity of a shared provision. Exam question 1 of lesson 352 «Taking too much» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 1 · Taking too much

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Identify the principal consequence of one participant appropriating a disproportionate quantity of a shared provision.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, one participant · **What happens:** identify, appropriate, share · **To what, where:** principal consequence, disproportionate quantity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 352 «Taking too much» 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal consequence of one participant appropriating a disproportionate quantity of a shared provision.
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	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	appropriating	appropriate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	disproportionate	disproportionate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 consequence of one participant |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **appropriate** | gerund | one participant *not said here* | a disproportionate quantity of a shared provision |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme |
| 3 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The quantity of the provision increases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e1:o1:1
# text = The quantity of the provision increases
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the quantity of the provision |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The provision is replenished automatically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e1:o2:1
# text = The provision is replenished automatically
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	replenished	replenish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replenish** | present · passive |  | the provision |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All participants nonetheless receive an equal quantity of the provision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e1:o3:1
# text = All participants nonetheless receive an equal quantity of the provision
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | all participants | a equal quantity of the provision |  |  |  | nonetheless *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme |

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

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Other participants are left with an insufficient share or none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e1:o4:1
# text = Other participants are left with an insufficient share or none
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | Other participants |  |  |  | with a insufficient share | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with share=Theme |

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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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