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# Exam question 1 · What everyone learned about fights

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Identify the principal reason for which a pupil's fear of a particular location diminished over the course of a summer.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, diminish, fear · **To what, where:** principal reason, particular location, course

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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/395-what-everyone-learned/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a pupil's fear of a particular location diminished over the course of a summer.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 reason  a pupil's fear of a particular location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **diminish** | participle |  | a particular location *not said here* |  | the course of a summer |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fear** |  | a pupil | a particular location |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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The location was permanently closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e1:o1:1
# text = The location was permanently closed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | past · passive |  | the location |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil grew in stature sufficiently to deter others from approaching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e1:o2:1
# text = The pupil grew in stature sufficiently to deter others from approaching
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stature	stature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	deter	deter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the pupil |  |  | stature |  | sufficiently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stature=Location |
| 2 | **deter** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer other=Eventuality |
| 3 | **approach** | gerund | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil prevailed in a fight at that location

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e1:o3:1
# text = The pupil prevailed in a fight at that location
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | past | the pupil |  |  | a fight |  | at that location | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fight=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The pupil confronted the fear repeatedly with the support of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e1:o4:1
# text = The pupil confronted the fear repeatedly with the support of others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confronted	confront	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confront** | past | the pupil | the fear |  |  |  | with the support of others; repeatedly *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fear=Theme with support=Instrument |
| 2 | **support** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |

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