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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sam is scared: fear is normal · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between fear and courage. Exam question 4 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 4 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between fear and courage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, relationship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the relationship between fear and courage.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the relationship and courage |  |  |  | between fear | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relationship=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 {#o1}

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Courage is the complete absence of fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e4:o1:1
# text = Courage is the complete absence of fear
1	Courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Courage | the complete absence |  |  |  | of fear | tree rules |

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

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Courage consists in acting rightly notwithstanding fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e4:o2:1
# text = Courage consists in acting rightly notwithstanding fear
1	Courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | Courage |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | gerund | Courage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rightly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **notwithstand** | gerund | Courage *not said here* | fear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fear and courage cannot exist together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e4:o3:1
# text = Fear and courage cannot exist together
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | can | Fear and courage |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Courage requires the acceptance of every dare that is offered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e4:o4:1
# text = Courage requires the acceptance of every dare that is offered
1	Courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Courage | the acceptance of every dare |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acceptance=Precondition |
| 2 | **offer** | present · passive |  | every dare |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **accept** |  |  | every dare |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=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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