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description: Select the response most consistent with a single fair rule concerning blows between children. Exam question 3 of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 3 · Girls who fight and double standards

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Select the response most consistent with a single fair rule concerning blows between children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, single fair rule · **What happens:** select, concern · **To what, where:** response, blows

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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/381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:e3:1
# text = Select the response most consistent with a single fair rule concerning blows between children.
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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | a single fair rule *not said here* | blows |  |  |  | between children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blow=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No child should strike another, irrespective of sex

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:e3:o1:1
# text = No child should strike another, irrespective of sex
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | should | no child | another |  |  |  | irrespective *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Boys may strike boys but may never strike girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:e3:o2:1
# text = Boys may strike boys but may never strike girls
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | may | Boys | boys |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument |
| 2 | **not** **strike** | may | Boys *not said here* | girls |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent girl=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Retaliation is required whenever one is struck by another child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:e3:o3:1
# text = Retaliation is required whenever one is struck by another child
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Retaliation |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **strike** | present · passive | another child | one |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Girls may strike boys but not girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:381-girls-who-fight-and-double-standards:e3:o4:1
# text = Girls may strike boys but not girls
1	Girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | may | Girls | boys but girls |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument |

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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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