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title: It is given that a pupil's illness appears solely when schoolwork is… — When the story falls apart · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil's illness appears solely when schoolwork is due and disappears when recreation is available. Determine the most probable inference. Exam question 4 of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · When the story falls apart

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It is given that a pupil's illness appears solely when schoolwork is due and disappears when recreation is available. Determine the most probable inference.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** illness, schoolwork, recreation, you · **What happens:** give, appear, be, disappear, determine · **To what, where:** It, probable inference

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil's illness appears solely when schoolwork is due and disappears when recreation is available.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil's illness appears solely when schoolwork is due and disappears when recreation is available.
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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	schoolwork	schoolwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	3	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	disappears	disappear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	recreation	recreation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **appear** | present | a pupil's illness |  |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | schoolwork |  |  |  |  | due *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **disappear** | present | schoolwork *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | recreation |  |  |  |  | available *property* | tree rules |

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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 most probable inference.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:2
# text = Determine the most probable inference.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	inference	inference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	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 probable inference |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inference=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The illness is caused by the school building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:o1:1
# text = The illness is caused by the school building
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive |  | the illness |  |  |  | by the school building | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil recovers rapidly from any illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:o2:1
# text = The pupil recovers rapidly from any illness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	recovers	recover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | present | the pupil |  |  | any illness |  | rapidly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from illness=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The illness is genuine and serious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:o3:1
# text = The illness is genuine and serious
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the illness |  |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the illness *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The illness is feigned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:431-when-the-story-falls-apart:e4:o4:1
# text = The illness is feigned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | present · passive |  | the illness |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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