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title: Ascertain which conduct is most consistent with the principle that r… — Speaking up is bravery too · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which conduct is most consistent with the principle that rules apply equally to all pupils. Exam question 4 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Exam question 4 · Speaking up is bravery too

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Ascertain which conduct is most consistent with the principle that rules apply equally to all pupils.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, conduct, principle · **What happens:** ascertain, be, apply

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which conduct is most consistent with the principle that rules apply equally to all pupils.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	apply	apply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which conduct |  |  |  |  | with the principle; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **apply** | present | the principle |  |  |  |  | to all pupils; equally *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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That sanctions depend upon the popularity of the pupil concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e4:o1:1
# text = That sanctions depend upon the popularity of the pupil concerned
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | that sanctions |  |  |  |  | upon the popularity of the pupil | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That boys alone are liable to detention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e4:o2:1
# text = That boys alone are liable to detention
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that boys |  |  |  |  | to detention; liable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That girls are exempt from sanctions for fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e4:o3:1
# text = That girls are exempt from sanctions for fighting
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	exempt	exempt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that girls |  |  | sanctions |  | for fighting; exempt *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That fighting incurs the same consequence for boys and for girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:e4:o4:1
# text = That fighting incurs the same consequence for boys and for girls
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	incurs	incur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incur** | present | that fighting | the same consequence |  |  |  | for boys and girls | 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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