--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an u… — Taking too much · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an unfounded accusation of cheating made from envy? Exam question 2 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Taking too much](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Taking too much Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an unfounded accusation of cheating made from envy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, make, accuse · **To what, where:** unfounded accusation, cheating, envy This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an unfounded accusation of cheating made from envy? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unfounded unfounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cheating cheating NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | a unfounded accusation of cheating | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | | cheating *not said here* | | envy | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from envy=Material | | 4 | **accuse** | | | cheating | | | | | nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} It is a reasonable reaction to defeat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e2:o1:1 # text = It is a reasonable reaction to defeat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 defeat defeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a reasonable reaction | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **defeat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is harmless if made privately ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e2:o2:1 # text = It is harmless if made privately 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 6 privately privately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | harmless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | privately *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is untrue and causes harm to the person accused ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e2:o3:1 # text = It is untrue and causes harm to the person accused 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | untrue *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | present | | harm | | | | to the person | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient | | 3 | **accuse** | participle | | the person *not said here* | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is justified if the speaker lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e2:o4:1 # text = It is justified if the speaker lost 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 justified justified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 orphan _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | justified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | the speaker *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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