--- title: It is given that a pupil, threatened with false blame, reports at on… — When not to keep a friend's secret · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a pupil, threatened with false blame, reports at once an act of damage committed by another. Determine the consequence most commonly reported. 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Determine the consequence most commonly reported. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** damage, you · **What happens:** give, threaten, commit, act, determine, report · **To what, where:** It, act, pupil, damage, consequence This is exam question 4 of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil, threatened with false blame, reports at once an act of damage committed by another. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:1 # text = It is given that a pupil, threatened with false blame, reports at once an act of damage committed by another. 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 _ 6 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 reports report NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 17 advmod _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | a act of damage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at act=Asset | | 2 | **threaten** | participle | | a pupil and reports *not said here* | | | | with false blame | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **commit** | participle | | damage *not said here* | | | | by another | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **act** | | damage | | | | | | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the consequence most commonly reported. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:2 # text = Determine the consequence most commonly reported. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 consequence consequence 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | | 2 | **report** | participle | | the consequence *not said here* | | | | commonly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The pupil is believed, having come forward early ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:o1:1 # text = The pupil is believed, having come forward early 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · passive | | the pupil | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come forward** | present | | | | | | early, forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The report is disregarded ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:o2:1 # text = The report is disregarded 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 disregarded disregard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disregard** | present · passive | | the report | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The pupil is presumed to be guilty of the damage ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:o3:1 # text = The pupil is presumed to be guilty of the damage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 presumed presume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **presume** | present · passive | | the pupil | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of the damage; guilty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The pupil is punished for reporting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:e4:o4:1 # text = The pupil is punished for reporting 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 reporting reporting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | present · passive | | the pupil | | | | for reporting | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for reporting=Theme | **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. 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