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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the alteration of a pupil's reputation? Exam question 4 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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 · Jake and the head teacher

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the alteration of a pupil's reputation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil · **What happens:** follow, characteris, alter, repute · **To what, where:** alteration, reputation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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/373-jake-and-the-head-teacher/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the alteration of a pupil's reputation?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the alteration of a pupil's reputation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **alter** |  |  | a pupil's reputation |  |  |  |  | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **repute** |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=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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It depends solely upon the pupil's physical strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:e4:o1:1
# text = It depends solely upon the pupil's physical strength
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon the pupil's physical strength; solely *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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

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It generally proceeds more slowly than the alteration of the pupil's conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:e4:o2:1
# text = It generally proceeds more slowly than the alteration of the pupil's conduct
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | It |  |  |  |  | than the alteration of the pupil's conduct; generally, slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **alter** |  |  | the pupil's conduct |  |  |  |  | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is accomplished within a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:e4:o3:1
# text = It is accomplished within a single day
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	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | present · passive |  | It |  |  | day |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is impossible once a reputation has been established among staff and pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:e4:o4:1
# text = It is impossible once a reputation has been established among staff and pupils
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | present · perfect · passive |  | a reputation |  |  |  | among staff and pupils; once *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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