--- title: Identify the principal significance of a person's refusal to permit… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal significance of a person's refusal to permit a simple verification of his claim. 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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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal significance of a person's refusal to permit a simple verification of his claim. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 verification verification NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal significance of a person's refusal | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent significance=Theme | | 2 | **permit** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a simple verification of person's claim | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verification=Theme | | 3 | **refuse** | | a person | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **verify** | | | person's claim | | | | | nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **claim** | | person | | | | | | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It may indicate that the claim is untrue ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e1:o1:1 # text = It may indicate that the claim is untrue 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 indicate indicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | may | It | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** | present | the claim | | | | | untrue *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It proves conclusively that the claim is true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e1:o2:1 # text = It proves conclusively that the claim is true 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 conclusively conclusively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | It | | | | | conclusively *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the claim | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It indicates that the verifier is at fault ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e1:o3:1 # text = It indicates that the verifier is at fault 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 verifier verifier NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | It | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** | present | the verifier | | | fault | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is of no significance whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e1:o4:1 # text = It is of no significance whatsoever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of no significance; whatsoever *property* | tree rules | **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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