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title: State the conclusion consistent with the established facts concernin… — «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the conclusion consistent with the established facts concerning the rule against inflicting harm upon others. Exam question 4 of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…

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State the conclusion consistent with the established facts concerning the rule against inflicting harm upon others.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** state, establish, concern, inflict · **To what, where:** conclusion, rule, harm

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» 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/391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e4:1
# text = State the conclusion consistent with the established facts concerning the rule against inflicting harm upon others.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	inflicting	inflict	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer |
| 4 | **inflict** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | harm |  |  |  | upon others | 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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The rule applies solely within the classroom and not at break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e4:o1:1
# text = The rule applies solely within the classroom and not at break
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the rule |  |  |  |  | within the classroom and break; solely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rule is suspended where an adult so directs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e4:o2:1
# text = The rule is suspended where an adult so directs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	suspended	suspend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	directs	direct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspend** | present · passive |  | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **direct** | present | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The rule applies equally irrespective of the sex of the pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e4:o3:1
# text = The rule applies equally irrespective of the sex of the pupil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the rule |  |  |  |  | of the sex of the pupil; equally *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sex** |  |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  | nom sex «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rule applies solely to female pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher:e4:o4:1
# text = The rule applies solely to female pupils
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the rule |  |  |  |  | to female pupils; solely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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