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title: It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson.… — What fights cost at school · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson. Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole. Exam question 3 of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · What fights cost at school

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It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson. Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fight, you, consequence · **What happens:** give, initiate, disrupt, ascertain, fall · **To what, where:** It, fight, lesson, consequence, class

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:1
# text = It is given that a fight initiated by one pupil disrupted a lesson.
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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	initiated	initiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	disrupted	disrupt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **initiate** | participle |  | a fight *not said here* |  |  |  | by one pupil | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **disrupt** | past | a fight | a lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the consequence that may fall upon the class as a whole.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** | may | the consequence |  |  | the class |  | as a whole | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon class=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The suspension of every pupil who was present in the classroom at the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:o1:1
# text = The suspension of every pupil who was present in the classroom at the time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | every pupil |  |  | the classroom | time | present *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No consequence whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:o2:1
# text = No consequence whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The forfeiture of a shared privilege, such as golden time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:o3:1
# text = The forfeiture of a shared privilege, such as golden time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forfeit** |  |  | a shared privilege |  |  |  |  | nom forfeiture «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The award of additional free time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:375-what-fights-cost-at-school:e3:o4:1
# text = The award of additional free time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	award	award	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **award** |  |  | additional free time |  |  |  |  | nom award «act 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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