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# Exam question 2 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an act of violence committed by a child towards a classmate for whom he professes affection?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, violence · **What happens:** follow, characteris, commit, profess, act · **To what, where:** act, violence, affection

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an act of violence committed by a child towards a classmate for whom he professes affection?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nmod	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	professes	profess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	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 |  | a act of violence |  |  |  | of the following statements; towards a classmate; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **commit** | participle |  | violence *not said here* |  |  |  | by a child | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **profess** | present | child | affection |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent affection=Theme |
| 5 | **act** |  | violence |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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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The affection substantially mitigates the wrong committed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e2:o1:1
# text = The affection substantially mitigates the wrong committed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	substantially	substantially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mitigates	mitigate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	committed	committed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mitigate** | present | the affection | the wrong |  |  |  | committed, substantially *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wrong=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The affection renders the act a form of play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e2:o2:1
# text = The affection renders the act a form of play
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | the affection | the act |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent act=Recipient form=Theme |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | play |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The affection obliges the classmate to reciprocate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e2:o3:1
# text = The affection obliges the classmate to reciprocate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	reciprocate	reciprocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | the affection | the classmate |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Patient |
| 2 | **reciprocate** | to-infinitive | the affection *not said here* | the classmate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The affection provides no excuse whatsoever for the violence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e2:o4:1
# text = The affection provides no excuse whatsoever for the violence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	provides	provide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present | the affection | no excuse |  |  |  | for the violence; whatsoever *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition excuse=Theme for violence=Beneficiary |

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