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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The friend with a PS6 · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery of a boastful falsehood told by a friend who feels inferior. Exam question 2 of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · The friend with a PS6

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery of a boastful falsehood told by a friend who feels inferior.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, friend · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, tell, feel, discover · **To what, where:** response, discovery, boastful falsehood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the discovery of a boastful falsehood told by a friend who feels inferior.
1	Select	select	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	boastful	boastful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:agent	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	inferior	inferior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the discovery of a boastful falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus discovery=Experiencer |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | a boastful falsehood *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **feel** | present | a friend |  |  |  |  | inferior *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 6 | **discover** |  |  | a boastful falsehood |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A kind response may preserve the friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:e2:o1:1
# text = A kind response may preserve the friendship
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | may | a kind response | the friendship |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Public exposure before the class is invariably required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:e2:o2:1
# text = Public exposure before the class is invariably required
1	Public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	required	require	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 | **require** | present · passive |  | Public exposure before the class |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The falsehood must be repeated to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:e2:o3:1
# text = The falsehood must be repeated to others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | must · passive |  | the falsehood | others |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to other=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The friendship must be terminated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:e2:o4:1
# text = The friendship must be terminated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	terminated	terminate	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 | **terminate** | must · passive |  | the friendship |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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