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# Exam question 4 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

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It is given that a child successfully conceals uneaten food and receives praise. Determine the consequence most commonly reported.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, conceal, receive, determine, report · **To what, where:** It, uneaten food, praise, consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child successfully conceals uneaten food and receives praise.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:1
# text = It is given that a child successfully conceals uneaten food and receives praise.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	successfully	successfully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	uneaten	uneaten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | present | a child | uneaten food |  |  |  | successfully *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 3 | **receive** | present | a child *not said here* | praise |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the consequence most commonly reported.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:2
# text = Determine the consequence most commonly reported.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **report** | participle |  | the consequence *not said here* |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lasting satisfaction at the success

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:o1:1
# text = Lasting satisfaction at the success
1	Lasting	last	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund |  | satisfaction |  | the success |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme satisfaction=Value |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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An increased liking for the very food that was concealed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:o2:1
# text = An increased liking for the very food that was concealed
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	liking	liking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · passive |  | the food |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No feeling of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:o3:1
# text = No feeling of any kind
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A feeling of guilt more unpleasant than discovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e4:o4:1
# text = A feeling of guilt more unpleasant than discovery
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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

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