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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Self-defence or just stupid? · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning insults directed at a pupil's family member. Exam question 4 of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · Self-defence or just stupid?

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning insults directed at a pupil's family member.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, direct · **To what, where:** response, concerning insults

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning insults directed at a pupil's family member.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **direct** | participle |  | concerning insults *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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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They are permissible only when uttered in jest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:e4:o1:1
# text = They are permissible only when uttered in jest
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	uttered	utter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | jest |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They justify a single blow but no more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:e4:o2:1
# text = They justify a single blow but no more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	justify	justify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **justify** *speech: other* | present | They | a single blow |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They constitute an assault upon the person which warrants an immediate physical response

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:e4:o3:1
# text = They constitute an assault upon the person which warrants an immediate physical response
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assault	assault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	warrants	warrant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | They | a assault |  |  |  | upon the person | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme assault=Pivot |
| 2 | **warrant** | present | the person | a immediate physical response |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They do not constitute a physical attack and do not justify striking another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:e4:o4:1
# text = They do not constitute a physical attack and do not justify striking another
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	justify	justify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **constitute** | present · do-support | They | a physical attack |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attack=Pivot |
| 2 | **not** **justify** *speech: other* | infinitive · do-support | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **strike** | gerund | They *not said here* | another |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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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