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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of a physical altercation? Exam question 2 of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · What everyone learned about fights

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of a physical altercation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** consequences

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of a physical altercation?
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	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 consequences of a physical altercation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The altercation is brief, whereas its consequences are of long duration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e2:o1:1
# text = The altercation is brief, whereas its consequences are of long duration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the altercation |  |  |  |  | brief *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the altercation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of long duration; whereas altercation's consequences | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An altercation carries no consequence whatsoever where no visible injury results

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e2:o2:1
# text = An altercation carries no consequence whatsoever where no visible injury results
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
9	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | a altercation | no consequence |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The altercation and its consequences are of equal duration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e2:o3:1
# text = The altercation and its consequences are of equal duration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the altercation and its consequences |  |  |  |  | of equal duration | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The consequences cease when the altercation ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e2:o4:1
# text = The consequences cease when the altercation ends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the consequences |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **end** | present | the altercation |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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