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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the shame associated with having been deceived? Exam question 3 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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 3 · Being lied to and how it feels

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the shame associated with having been deceived?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, associate, deceive · **To what, where:** shame

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the shame associated with having been deceived?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | the shame |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **associate** | participle |  | the shame *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **deceive** | gerund · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |

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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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It belongs properly to the deceiver and not to the person deceived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e3:o1:1
# text = It belongs properly to the deceiver and not to the person deceived
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deceiver	deceiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the deceiver and the person; properly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **deceive** | past | the deceiver and the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is an indication of foolishness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e3:o2:1
# text = It is an indication of foolishness
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a indication |  |  |  | of foolishness | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It belongs exclusively to the person deceived, who ought to have known better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e3:o3:1
# text = It belongs exclusively to the person deceived, who ought to have known better
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
14	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the person; exclusively, well *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **deceive** | past | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** | ought · perfect · passive |  | the person |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It belongs equally to all persons present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels:e3:o4:1
# text = It belongs equally to all persons present
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | It |  |  |  |  | equally *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | present | all persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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