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title: Identify the principal reason for which a fabricated account frequen… — When the story falls apart · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a fabricated account frequently fails under questioning. Exam question 1 of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 1 · When the story falls apart

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Identify the principal reason for which a fabricated account frequently fails under questioning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fabricated account · **What happens:** identify, fail, question · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a fabricated account frequently fails under questioning.
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	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	questioning	question	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **fail** | present | a fabricated account |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; frequently *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | a fabricated account *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Fabricated accounts are always shorter than true accounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e1:o1:1
# text = Fabricated accounts are always shorter than true accounts
1	Fabricated	fabricate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fabricate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fabricated accounts |  |  |  |  | than true accounts; always, short *property* | tree rules |

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

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It is not supported by genuine recollection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e1:o2:1
# text = It is not supported by genuine recollection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	recollection	recollection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **support** | present · passive | genuine recollection | It |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Questions are prohibited in respect of fabrications

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e1:o3:1
# text = Questions are prohibited in respect of fabrications
1	Questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fabrications	fabrication	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Questions |  | respect of fabrications |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | fabrications |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Listeners are invariably informed of the fabrication in advance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e1:o4:1
# text = Listeners are invariably informed of the fabrication in advance
1	Listeners	listener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Listeners |  |  |  | of the fabrication in advance; invariably *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of fabrication=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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