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# Exam question 4 · The broken window and other hidden accidents

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Determine the conduct most likely to be treated leniently by a neighbour whose window has been broken by a ball.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, neighbour · **What happens:** determine, treat, break · **To what, where:** conduct, window

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e4:1
# text = Determine the conduct most likely to be treated leniently by a neighbour whose window has been broken by a ball.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	leniently	leniently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive · passive | a neighbour |  |  |  |  | leniently *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **break** | present · perfect · passive |  | window |  |  |  | by a ball | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The attribution of the damage to another child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e4:o1:1
# text = The attribution of the damage to another child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** |  |  | the damage to another child |  |  |  |  | nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The departure of all children concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e4:o2:1
# text = The departure of all children concerned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** |  | all children |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The prompt return of the responsible child to admit the damage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e4:o3:1
# text = The prompt return of the responsible child to admit the damage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the damage |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damage=Theme |
| 2 | **return** |  | the responsible child |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The leaving of an anonymous note

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents:e4:o4:1
# text = The leaving of an anonymous note
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a anonymous note | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of note=Initial\_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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