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title: It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet ha… — Big kids, little kids and the truth at… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home

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It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet had moved to a farm. Determine the response most commonly reported upon later discovery.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** deceased pet, you · **What happens:** give, tell, decease, move, determine, report · **To what, where:** It, child, kindness, farm, response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet had moved to a farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:1
# text = It is given that a child was told in kindness that a deceased pet had moved to a farm.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | a child |  | kindness |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **move** | past · perfect | a deceased pet | kindness *not said here* |  | a farm |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme to farm=Trajectory |

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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 response most commonly reported upon later discovery.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:2
# text = Determine the response most commonly reported upon later discovery.
1	Determine	determine	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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **report** | participle |  | the response *not said here* |  |  |  | upon later discovery; commonly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A wish that the deception had been maintained indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:o1:1
# text = A wish that the deception had been maintained indefinitely
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | past · perfect · passive | a wish *not said here* | the deception |  |  |  | indefinitely *property* | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A preference for having been told the truth gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:o2:1
# text = A preference for having been told the truth gently
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · perfect · passive | a preference *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: truth=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gratitude for the continued deception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:o3:1
# text = Gratitude for the continued deception
1	Gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Indifference to the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:e4:o4:1
# text = Indifference to the matter
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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