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# Exam question 4 · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

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Determine the most appropriate statement by a pupil who has failed to complete homework.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** determine, fail, not complete · **To what, where:** appropriate statement, homework

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e4:1
# text = Determine the most appropriate statement by a pupil who has failed to complete homework.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	complete	complete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate statement |  |  |  | by a pupil | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **complete** | to-infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | homework |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |

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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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An assertion that a domestic animal consumed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e4:o1:1
# text = An assertion that a domestic animal consumed it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past | a assertion | animal |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An assertion that it was removed by another pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e4:o2:1
# text = An assertion that it was removed by another pupil
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive | another pupil | assertion |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An admission that the work was not done, with an undertaking to submit it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e4:o3:1
# text = An admission that the work was not done, with an undertaking to submit it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	submit	submit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past · passive |  | a admission  the work |  |  |  | with a undertaking | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **submit** | to-infinitive |  | admission |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An assertion that a parent authorised its omission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:e4:o4:1
# text = An assertion that a parent authorised its omission
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	authorised	authorised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **omit** |  | parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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