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description: Identify the principal reason for which the addition of an approving symbol to a derisive post is wrongful. Exam question 1 of lesson 363 «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos

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Identify the principal reason for which the addition of an approving symbol to a derisive post is wrongful.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, addition · **What happens:** identify, approve, be · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 363 «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos» 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/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the addition of an approving symbol to a derisive post is wrongful.
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	18	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	approving	approve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	derisive	derisive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	wrongful	wrongful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **approve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | the addition of a approving symbol to a derisive post |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; wrongful *property* | tree rules |

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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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Symbols are not a form of communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e1:o1:1
# text = Symbols are not a form of communication
1	Symbols	symbol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Symbols | a form |  |  |  | of communication | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is without effect upon the subject

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e1:o2:1
# text = It is without effect upon the subject
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	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | without effect; upon the subject | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It constitutes participation in the derision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e1:o3:1
# text = It constitutes participation in the derision
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	derision	derision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | participation |  | the derision |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme participation=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Responsibility rests solely with the original author

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e1:o4:1
# text = Responsibility rests solely with the original author
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | Responsibility |  |  |  |  | with the original author; solely *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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