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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of equality in respect of physical violence? Exam question 2 of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of equality in respect of physical violence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, respect · **To what, where:** principle, respect, physical violence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of equality in respect of physical violence?
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	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 principle of equality |  | respect of physical violence |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | physical violence |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Equality has no bearing upon physical violence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:e2:o1:1
# text = Equality has no bearing upon physical violence
1	Equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Equality | no bearing |  |  |  | upon physical violence | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Equality permits any person whatsoever to strike any other person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:e2:o2:1
# text = Equality permits any person whatsoever to strike any other person
1	Equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present | Equality | any person |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive | Equality *not said here* | any other person |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent person=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Equality requires that no person strike any other person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:e2:o3:1
# text = Equality requires that no person strike any other person
1	Equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Equality |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **strike** | infinitive | no person | any other person |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent person=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Equality permits retaliation by either sex

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth:e2:o4:1
# text = Equality permits retaliation by either sex
1	Equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	permits	permit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retaliate** |  | either sex |  |  |  |  |  | nom retaliation «act transitive»: by=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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