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title: State the measure most consistent with making amends for discourtesy… — Rude words at the table · tree and pragmatics
description: State the measure most consistent with making amends for discourtesy to a member of school staff. Exam question 4 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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 wro
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# Exam question 4 · Rude words at the table

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State the measure most consistent with making amends for discourtesy to a member of school staff.

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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/354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:e4:1
# text = State the measure most consistent with making amends for discourtesy to a member of school staff.
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	_	10	case	_	_
10	discourtesy	discourtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	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 discourtesy; to a member of school staff | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for discourtesy=Asset |

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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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An explanation to the staff member that others had been equally discourteous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:e4:o1:1
# text = An explanation to the staff member that others had been equally discourteous
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
11	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | a explanation to the staff member and that others |  |  |  |  | discourteous, equally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Avoidance of the staff member indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:e4:o2:1
# text = Avoidance of the staff member indefinitely
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | the staff member |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A written complaint about the member of staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:e4:o3:1
# text = A written complaint about the member of staff
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	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 |

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

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A prompt apology in person and courteous conduct thereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:e4:o4:1
# text = A prompt apology in person and courteous conduct thereafter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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