--- title: State the remedy most consistent with making amends after appropriat… — Taking too much · tree and pragmatics description: State the remedy most consistent with making amends after appropriating the largest portion of a shared cake. Exam question 4 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 choice was --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Taking too much State the remedy most consistent with making amends after appropriating the largest portion of a shared cake. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, make, appropriate, share · **To what, where:** remedy, amends, largest portion This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e4:1 # text = State the remedy most consistent with making amends after appropriating the largest portion of a shared cake. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 remedy remedy 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 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 appropriating appropriate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the remedy | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent remedy=Topic | | 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | amends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product | | 3 | **appropriate** | gerund | you *not said here* | the largest portion of a shared cake | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 4 | **share** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} The consumption of the remaining portions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e4:o1:1 # text = The consumption of the remaining portions 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 consumption consumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 remaining remaining ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | | | the remaining portions | | | | | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A refusal to discuss the matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e4:o2:1 # text = A refusal to discuss the matter 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 discuss discuss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | the matter | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An apology and permitting the other party to choose first thereafter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e4:o3:1 # text = An apology and permitting the other party to choose first thereafter 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 apology apology NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 permitting permit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 11 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | gerund | | the other party | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme | | 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | | the other party *not said here* | | | | first, thereafter *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A demand for a larger cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing:e4:o4:1 # text = A demand for a larger cake 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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