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title: It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has bee… — Confession, prayer and making amends a… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven. Select the step most consistent with making amends. Exam question 3 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 3 · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

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It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven. Select the step most consistent with making amends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, damage, forgive, select, make · **To what, where:** It, child, step, amends

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven.
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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **damage** | present · perfect · passive |  | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **forgive** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the step most consistent with making amends.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:2
# text = Select the step most consistent with making amends.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the step |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | amends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Reliance upon the parent's payment alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:o1:1
# text = Reliance upon the parent's payment alone
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Personal apology and labour towards the repair of the damage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:o2:1
# text = Personal apology and labour towards the repair of the damage
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** |  |  | the damage |  |  |  |  | nom repair «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Assertion that the damage was minor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:o3:1
# text = Assertion that the damage was minor
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the damage | Assertion *not said here* |  |  |  | minor *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter is forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e3:o4:1
# text = Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter is forgotten
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	forgotten	forget	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 | **forget** | present · passive |  | Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter |  |  |  |  | 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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