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description: Identify the principal reason for which the withdrawal of a privilege following damage to school property is not to be regarded as revenge. Exam question 1 of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Spoiling and losing things

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Identify the principal reason for which the withdrawal of a privilege following damage to school property is not to be regarded as revenge.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, withdrawal · **What happens:** identify, follow, not be, withdraw · **To what, where:** principal reason, damage, school property, withdrawal, privilege

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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/361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the withdrawal of a privilege following damage to school property is not to be regarded as revenge.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
13	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the withdrawal of a privilege *not said here* | damage |  | school property |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent damage=Theme to property=Trajectory |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present · passive | you *not said here* | the withdrawal of a privilege |  |  |  | for the principal reason; as revenge; regard *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **withdraw** |  |  | a privilege |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=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 a consequence proportionate to the conduct and not an act of retaliation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike:e1:o1:1
# text = It is a consequence proportionate to the conduct and not an act of retaliation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	proportionate	proportionate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a consequence and a act of retaliation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** |  | retaliation |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has no connection with the conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike:e1:o2:1
# text = It has no connection with the conduct
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no connection |  |  |  | with the conduct | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is undertaken chiefly for the benefit and convenience of the parent concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike:e1:o3:1
# text = It is undertaken chiefly for the benefit and convenience of the parent concerned
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	convenience	convenience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for the benefit of the parent and convenience; chiefly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is imposed at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike:e1:o4:1
# text = It is imposed at random
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | present · passive |  | It |  | random |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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