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description: Identify the principal means by which an exaggerated account of a rodeo ride may be detected. Exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 1 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

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Identify the principal means by which an exaggerated account of a rodeo ride may be detected.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, mean, exaggerate, detect, account · **To what, where:** exaggerated account, rodeo ride · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal means by which an exaggerated account of a rodeo ride may be detected.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	rodeo	rodeo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	detected	detect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the principal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **exaggerate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **detect** | may · passive |  | a exaggerated account of a rodeo ride |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 5 | **account** |  |  | a rodeo ride |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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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Knowledge that professional riders are required to remain mounted for eight seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e1:o1:1
# text = Knowledge that professional riders are required to remain mounted for eight seconds
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	mounted	mount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mount** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  | second |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Knowledge that children are not permitted to attend rodeos in any part of the United States

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e1:o2:1
# text = Knowledge that children are not permitted to attend rodeos in any part of the United States
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	rodeos	rodeo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **permit** | present · passive |  | Knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | rodeos |  | any part of the United States |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rodeo=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Knowledge that rodeos are held only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e1:o3:1
# text = Knowledge that rodeos are held only at night
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	rodeos	rodeo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | Knowledge |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Knowledge that bulls are not found in Texas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e1:o4:1
# text = Knowledge that bulls are not found in Texas
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find** | present · passive |  | Knowledge |  | Texas |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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