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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises coll… — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises collective silence by a class concerning the author of misconduct? Exam question 3 of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · Covering for a friend

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises collective silence by a class concerning the author of misconduct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern · **To what, where:** collective silence, author

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises collective silence by a class concerning the author of misconduct?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	collective	collective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | collective silence |  |  |  | of the following statements; by a class; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | a class *not said here* | the author of misconduct |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus author=Experiencer |

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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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It discloses the author immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:e3:o1:1
# text = It discloses the author immediately
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discloses	disclose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | present | It | the author |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot author=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It ensures that no person is punished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:e3:o2:1
# text = It ensures that no person is punished
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ensures	ensure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **punish** | present · passive |  | no person |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It may result in the punishment of the entire class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:e3:o3:1
# text = It may result in the punishment of the entire class
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	result	result	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **result** | may | It |  |  | the punishment of the entire class |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in punishment=Location |
| 2 | **punish** |  |  | the entire class |  |  |  |  | nom punishment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the conduct preferred by teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:e3:o4:1
# text = It is the conduct preferred by teachers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the conduct |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prefer** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | by teachers | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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