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# Exam question 3 · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an excuse that remains undiscovered but conceals that the pupil did not understand the work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** excuse, pupil · **What happens:** follow, characteris, remain, conceal, not understand · **To what, where:** excuse, work

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an excuse that remains undiscovered but conceals that the pupil did not understand the work?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 |  | a excuse |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | present | a excuse |  |  |  |  | undiscovered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **conceal** | present | a excuse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | the pupil | the work |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus |

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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 pupil acquires the knowledge in question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e3:o1:1
# text = The pupil acquires the knowledge in question
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acquires	acquire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | present | the pupil | the knowledge |  | question |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The excuse is subsequently rewarded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e3:o2:1
# text = The excuse is subsequently rewarded
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rewarded	reward	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 | **reward** | present · passive |  | the excuse |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The difficulty is thereby resolved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e3:o3:1
# text = The difficulty is thereby resolved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	resolved	resolve	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 | **resolve** | present · passive |  | the difficulty |  |  |  | thereby *property* | tree rules |

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

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The pupil receives no assistance and the difficulty recurs in subsequent assessment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e3:o4:1
# text = The pupil receives no assistance and the difficulty recurs in subsequent assessment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	recurs	recur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the pupil | no assistance |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme |
| 2 | **recur** | present | the difficulty |  |  | subsequent assessment |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in assessment=Location |

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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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