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# Exam question 2 · Getting help is not telling tales

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Given that a pupil has sustained a twisted ankle and concealed the injury, identify the principal consequence observed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, sustain, conceal, identify, observe · **To what, where:** pupil, injury, principal consequence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e2:1
# text = Given that a pupil has sustained a twisted ankle and concealed the injury, identify the principal consequence observed.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
15	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sustain** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** | past |  | the injury |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient |
| 4 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 5 | **observe** | participle |  | the principal consequence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The concealment prevented any further harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e2:o1:1
# text = The concealment prevented any further harm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past | the concealment | any further harm |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer harm=Theme |

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

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The swelling increased substantially for want of treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e2:o2:1
# text = The swelling increased substantially for want of treatment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swelling	swelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	increased	increase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	substantially	substantially	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | past | the swelling |  |  |  |  | for want of treatment; substantially *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **want** |  |  | treatment |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ankle was strengthened by continued use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e2:o3:1
# text = The ankle was strengthened by continued use
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strengthen** | past · passive | continued use | the ankle |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The injury resolved more rapidly without intervention of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e2:o4:1
# text = The injury resolved more rapidly without intervention of any kind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | the injury |  |  |  |  | without intervention of any kind; rapidly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **intervene** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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