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title: State the principal reason for which an undetected wrong may nonethe… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal reason for which an undetected wrong may nonetheless require amends. Exam question 4 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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 wrong
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# Exam question 4 · When you want what others have

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State the principal reason for which an undetected wrong may nonetheless require amends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** undetect, require · **To what, where:** an

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e4:1
# text = State the principal reason for which an undetected wrong may nonetheless require amends.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	obl	_	_
8	undetected	undetect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	require	require	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undetect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | may |  | an |  |  |  | for the State principal reason; nonetheless *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amend=Precondition |

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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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Detection is the sole source of obligation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e4:o1:1
# text = Detection is the sole source of obligation
1	Detection	detection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Detection | the sole source |  |  |  | of obligation | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Another person has suffered a loss regardless of detection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e4:o2:1
# text = Another person has suffered a loss regardless of detection
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	regardless	regardless	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	detection	detection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | present · perfect | another person | a loss |  |  |  | regardless detection | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Undetected wrongs cease to exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e4:o3:1
# text = Undetected wrongs cease to exist
1	Undetected	undetected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | Undetected wrongs |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **exist** | to-infinitive | Undetected wrongs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Amends are required only following a complaint by the injured party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e4:o4:1
# text = Amends are required only following a complaint by the injured party
1	Amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	injured	injure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | the injured party | Amends |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the injured party *not said here* | a complaint |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent complaint=Theme |
| 3 | **injure** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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