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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises information obtained by listening at a closed door? Exam question 2 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Peeking at presents and secrets

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises information obtained by listening at a closed door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, obtain, listen, close · **To what, where:** information

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» 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/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises information obtained by listening at a closed door?
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	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | information |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **obtain** | participle |  | information *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at a closed door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme |
| 5 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is frequently incomplete and liable to be misunderstood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters:e2:o1:1
# text = It is frequently incomplete and liable to be misunderstood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	misunderstood	misunderstand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | incomplete, liable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **misunderstand** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V how S» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is invariably more accurate than any answer which might be given directly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters:e2:o2:1
# text = It is invariably more accurate than any answer which might be given directly
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	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | than any answer; accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | might · passive |  | any answer |  |  |  | directly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the recommended means of learning family news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters:e2:o3:1
# text = It is the recommended means of learning family news
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | gerund |  | family news |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It cannot cause distress to the listener

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters:e2:o4:1
# text = It cannot cause distress to the listener
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	listener	listener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cause** | can | It | distress |  |  |  | to the listener | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient |

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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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