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# Exam question 1 · The broken window and other hidden accidents

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who, having broken a window accidentally, departed and denied knowledge thereof.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, pupil · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, have, break, depart · **To what, where:** response, pupil, window, knowledge

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» 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/428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who, having broken a window accidentally, departed and denied knowledge thereof.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	denied	deny	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
23	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
24	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **break** | participle | a pupil *not said here* | a window |  |  |  | accidentally *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient |
| 6 | **depart** | participle | a pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **deny** | participle | a pupil *not said here* | knowledge |  |  |  | thereof *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=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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Neither act warranted any consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e1:o1:1
# text = Neither act warranted any consequence
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warranted	warrant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warrant** | past | neither act | any consequence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The accident constituted the principal offence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e1:o2:1
# text = The accident constituted the principal offence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | participle | the accident *not said here* | the principal offence |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme offence=Pivot |

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

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The denial, not the accident, constituted the principal offence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e1:o3:1
# text = The denial, not the accident, constituted the principal offence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	constituted	constitute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | participle | the denial and the accident | the principal offence |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme offence=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The denial was justified by fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e1:o4:1
# text = The denial was justified by fear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	denial	denial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	justified	justify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **justify** *speech: other* | past · passive | fear | the denial |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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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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