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# Exam question 2 · Lily, the calm «princess»

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between a reserved disposition and arrogance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, reserve · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» 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/386-lily-the-calm-princess/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between a reserved disposition and arrogance?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relationship |  |  |  | of the following statements; between a reserved disposition and arrogance; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reserve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A reserved disposition frequently arises from shyness and does not indicate arrogance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:e2:o1:1
# text = A reserved disposition frequently arises from shyness and does not indicate arrogance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shyness	shyness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **arise** | present | a reserved disposition |  |  | shyness |  | frequently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **indicate** | present · do-support | a reserved disposition *not said here* | arrogance |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrogance=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Arrogance is the sole cause of reticence in children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:e2:o2:1
# text = Arrogance is the sole cause of reticence in children
1	Arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reticence	reticence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Arrogance | the sole cause |  |  |  | of reticence; in children | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A reserved disposition invariably indicates arrogance towards one's peers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:e2:o3:1
# text = A reserved disposition invariably indicates arrogance towards one's peers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	arrogance	arrogance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	peers	peer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **indicate** | present | a reserved disposition | arrogance |  |  |  | towards one's peers; invariably *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrogance=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reserved persons are incapable of courage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:e2:o4:1
# text = Reserved persons are incapable of courage
1	Reserved	reserved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Reserved persons |  |  |  |  | of courage; incapable *property* | tree rules |

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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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