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title: Identify the principal constituents of an adequate apology. — Maddie and Chloe's plaits · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal constituents of an adequate apology. Exam question 1 of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» 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 was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Maddie and Chloe's plaits

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Identify the principal constituents of an adequate apology.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal constituents

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» 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/380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal constituents of an adequate apology.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	constituents	constituent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	adequate	adequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal constituents of a adequate apology |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent constituent=Theme |

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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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An account of the other party's provocation and of its effects upon oneself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:e1:o1:1
# text = An account of the other party's provocation and of its effects upon oneself
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	provocation	provocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | the other party's provocation and party's effects upon oneself |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **provoke** |  | the other party |  |  |  |  |  | nom provocation «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **effect** |  | party |  |  |  |  | upon oneself | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A gift of confectionery of adequate value, presented in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:e1:o2:1
# text = A gift of confectionery of adequate value, presented in person
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	adequate	adequate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | a gift of confectionery of adequate value *not said here* |  |  |  | in person | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | confectionery of adequate value |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A promise conditional upon reciprocal apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:e1:o3:1
# text = A promise conditional upon reciprocal apology
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conditional	conditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	reciprocal	reciprocal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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A statement of the act, an acknowledgement of its wrongness and an expression of regret

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:e1:o4:1
# text = A statement of the act, an acknowledgement of its wrongness and an expression of regret
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	wrongness	wrongness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** |  |  | the act |  |  |  |  | nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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