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description: Identify the principal reason for which a sin deliberately omitted from confession tends to leave the penitent troubled. Exam question 1 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

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Identify the principal reason for which a sin deliberately omitted from confession tends to leave the penitent troubled.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sin, penitent · **What happens:** identify, omit, tend, leave, trouble · **To what, where:** principal reason, sin, confession

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a sin deliberately omitted from confession tends to leave the penitent troubled.
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	13	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	omitted	omit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	troubled	trouble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	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 | **omit** | participle |  | a sin *not said here* |  |  |  | from confession *goal*; deliberately *property* | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent from confession=Goal |
| 3 | **tend** | present | a sin |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |
| 4 | **leave** | to-infinitive | a sin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **trouble** | past | the penitent |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The priest is unable to hear any confession which has been only partial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e1:o1:1
# text = The priest is unable to hear any confession which has been only partial
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the priest |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the priest *not said here* | any confession |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer confession=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present · perfect | any confession |  |  |  |  | partial *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Omitted sins are automatically forgiven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e1:o2:1
# text = Omitted sins are automatically forgiven
1	Omitted	omit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	forgiven	forgive	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 | **omit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forgive** | present · passive |  | Omitted sins |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Confession has no effect upon guilt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e1:o3:1
# text = Confession has no effect upon guilt
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guilt	guilt	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 | Confession | no effect |  |  |  | upon guilt | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

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

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The guilt is not addressed, and the relief of honest confession is not attained

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e1:o4:1
# text = The guilt is not addressed, and the relief of honest confession is not attained
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guilt	guilt	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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **address** | present · passive |  | the guilt |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **attain** | present · passive |  | the relief of honest confession |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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