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# Exam question 3 · Mia gets the newest console

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate subsequent to accidentally damaging the property of a friend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, damage · **To what, where:** conduct appropriate subsequent, property

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate subsequent to accidentally damaging the property of a friend?
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	12	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	damaging	damage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 conduct appropriate subsequent |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **damage** | gerund |  | the property of a friend |  |  |  | accidentally *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=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 {#o1}

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Denial that any damage has been occasioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e3:o1:1
# text = Denial that any damage has been occasioned
1	Denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | present · perfect · passive |  | any damage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Prompt acknowledgement, apology and an offer to make amends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e3:o2:1
# text = Prompt acknowledgement, apology and an offer to make amends
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
10	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | amends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Attribution of responsibility to a domestic animal present at the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e3:o3:1
# text = Attribution of responsibility to a domestic animal present at the time
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** |  |  | responsibility |  |  |  | to a domestic animal present at the time | nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Immediate departure from the premises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e3:o4:1
# text = Immediate departure from the premises
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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