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title: State the conclusion most consistent with the observed conduct of a… — What everyone learned about fights · tree and pragmatics
description: State the conclusion most consistent with the observed conduct of a pupil formerly given to frequent fighting. Exam question 4 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 optio
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# Exam question 4 · What everyone learned about fights

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State the conclusion most consistent with the observed conduct of a pupil formerly given to frequent fighting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, observe, give, conduct · **To what, where:** conclusion, pupil, frequent fighting

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e4:1
# text = State the conclusion most consistent with the observed conduct of a pupil formerly given to frequent fighting.
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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  | a pupil *not said here* | frequent fighting |  |  | formerly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fighting=Recipient |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Persistent combative conduct may be altered with assistance and constructive occupation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e4:o1:1
# text = Persistent combative conduct may be altered with assistance and constructive occupation
1	Persistent	persistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	combative	combative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	constructive	constructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | may · passive |  | Persistent combative conduct |  |  |  | with assistance and constructive occupation | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with assistance=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such conduct alters solely through punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e4:o2:1
# text = Such conduct alters solely through punishment
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	alters	alter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present | Such conduct |  |  | punishment |  | solely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such conduct is fixed and incapable of alteration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e4:o3:1
# text = Such conduct is fixed and incapable of alteration
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	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	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive |  | Such conduct |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such conduct alters only upon departure from school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:395-what-everyone-learned:e4:o4:1
# text = Such conduct alters only upon departure from school
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	alters	alter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present | Such conduct | departure |  | school |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent departure=Patient from school=Initial\_State |

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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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