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# Exam question 4 · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry

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State the outcome most commonly associated with prompt apology following an angry remark to a teacher.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prompt apology · **What happens:** state, associate, follow · **To what, where:** outcome, angry remark

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:e4:1
# text = State the outcome most commonly associated with prompt apology following an angry remark to a teacher.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	teacher	teacher	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 outcome |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **associate** | participle |  | the outcome *not said here* |  |  |  | with prompt apology; commonly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with apology=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | prompt apology *not said here* | a angry remark |  |  |  | to a teacher | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent remark=Theme to teacher=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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The remark is entered on a permanent record

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:e4:o1:1
# text = The remark is entered on a permanent record
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remark	remark	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	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | present · passive |  | the remark |  | a permanent record |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

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

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Forgiveness is more readily obtained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:e4:o2:1
# text = Forgiveness is more readily obtained
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present · passive |  | Forgiveness |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil is automatically excluded from school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:e4:o3:1
# text = The pupil is automatically excluded from school
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | present · passive |  | the pupil |  | school |  | automatically *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from school=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The teacher is required to apologise in turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry:e4:o4:1
# text = The teacher is required to apologise in turn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | turn |  |  | 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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