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description: Determine which of the following is consistent with the principle that forgiveness and remembrance may coexist. Exam question 4 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Exam question 4 · Forgiving

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Determine which of the following is consistent with the principle that forgiveness and remembrance may coexist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, forgiveness · **What happens:** determine, follow, be, coexist · **To what, where:** principle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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/454-forgiving/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:e4:1
# text = Determine which of the following is consistent with the principle that forgiveness and remembrance may coexist.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	coexist	coexist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the principle; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **coexist** | may | forgiveness and remembrance | the principle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Remembrance of a wrong constitutes a grudge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:e4:o1:1
# text = Remembrance of a wrong constitutes a grudge
1	Remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grudge	grudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Remembrance of a wrong | a grudge |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grudge=Pivot |
| 2 | **remember** |  |  | a wrong |  |  |  |  | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forgiveness requires the wrong to be repeated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:e4:o2:1
# text = Forgiveness requires the wrong to be repeated
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	repeated	repeat	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 | **require** | present | Forgiveness | the wrong |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wrong=Precondition |
| 2 | **repeat** | to-infinitive · passive | Forgiveness *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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One may forgive a person while retaining the lesson of the wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:e4:o3:1
# text = One may forgive a person while retaining the lesson of the wrong
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | may | One | a person |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **retain** | gerund | One *not said here* | the lesson of the wrong |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One must forget a wrong entirely in order to forgive the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:e4:o4:1
# text = One must forget a wrong entirely in order to forgive the person
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | must | One | a wrong |  |  |  | entirely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **forgive** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | the person |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |

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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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