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title: Ascertain the most probable consequence of a sibling undertaking to… — Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality» · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most probable consequence of a sibling undertaking to «sort out» a pupil who has injured a family member. Exam question 4 of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

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Ascertain the most probable consequence of a sibling undertaking to «sort out» a pupil who has injured a family member.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sibling, pupil · **What happens:** ascertain, undertake, sort out, injure · **To what, where:** probable consequence, pupil, family member

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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/379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most probable consequence of a sibling undertaking to «sort out» a pupil who has injured a family member.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	injured	injure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 probable consequence of a sibling |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **undertake** | gerund | a sibling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sort out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a sibling *not said here* | a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |
| 4 | **injure** | present · perfect | a pupil | a family member |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Commendation by the school authorities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:e4:o1:1
# text = Commendation by the school authorities
1	Commendation	commendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** |  | the school authorities |  |  |  |  |  | nom commendation «communication transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A permanent and amicable resolution between the two families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:e4:o2:1
# text = A permanent and amicable resolution between the two families
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	amicable	amicable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	resolution	resolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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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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An escalation of the conflict to the detriment of all concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:e4:o3:1
# text = An escalation of the conflict to the detriment of all concerned
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	escalation	escalation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	detriment	detriment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	_
11	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escalate** |  |  | the conflict to the detriment of all |  |  |  |  | nom escalation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The immediate healing of the original injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality:e4:o4:1
# text = The immediate healing of the original injury
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** |  | the original injury |  |  |  |  |  | nom healing «process 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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