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# Exam question 2 · The broken window and other hidden accidents

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Identify the principal reason for which concealment of damage to an electronic device is inadvisable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, damage · **What happens:** identify, be, conceal · **To what, where:** principal reason, damage

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which concealment of damage to an electronic device is inadvisable.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  | for which concealment of damage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | damage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a electronic device; inadvisable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** |  |  | damage |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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Concealment reduces the cost of repair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e2:o1:1
# text = Concealment reduces the cost of repair
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | Concealment | the cost of repair |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | repair |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Prompt disclosure of water damage may permit the device to be saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e2:o2:1
# text = Prompt disclosure of water damage may permit the device to be saved
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | may | Prompt disclosure of water damage | the device |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive · passive | Prompt disclosure of water damage *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **disclose** |  |  | water damage |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Repair shops cannot detect water damage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e2:o3:1
# text = Repair shops cannot detect water damage
1	Repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	detect	detect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **detect** | can | Repair shops | water damage |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer damage=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Electronic devices repair themselves if left alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e2:o4:1
# text = Electronic devices repair themselves if left alone
1	Electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	repair	repair	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | present | Electronic devices | devices *= device* |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Electronic devices *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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