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description: Determine which of the following does NOT constitute a sound conclusion concerning an evasive reply such as «stuff». Exam question 4 of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · Too many details, too few

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Determine which of the following does NOT constitute a sound conclusion concerning an evasive reply such as «stuff».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sound conclusion · **What happens:** determine, follow, not constitute, concern · **To what, where:** sound conclusion, evasive reply

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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/450-too-many-details-too-few/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:e4:1
# text = Determine which of the following does NOT constitute a sound conclusion concerning an evasive reply such as «stuff».
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	constitute	constitute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	evasive	evasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **constitute** | present · do-support |  | a sound conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme conclusion=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | a sound conclusion *not said here* | a evasive reply |  |  |  | such stuff | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reply=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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That giving the speaker space may be appropriate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:e4:o1:1
# text = That giving the speaker space may be appropriate
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | That | the speaker space |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | may | giving |  |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That it may conceal a falsehood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:e4:o2:1
# text = That it may conceal a falsehood
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | may | That | a falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent falsehood=Patient |

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

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That it proves the speaker to be lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:e4:o3:1
# text = That it proves the speaker to be lying
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | That | the speaker |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | to-infinitive · progressive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That it may conceal a private difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:e4:o4:1
# text = That it may conceal a private difficulty
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | may | That | a private difficulty |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient |

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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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