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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sleepovers and inside jokes · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protection of a friend from embarrassment. Exam question 4 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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 · Sleepovers and inside jokes

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protection of a friend from embarrassment.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, protect · **To what, where:** response, protection, friend

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protection of a friend from embarrassment.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the protection of a friend from embarrassment |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus protection=Experiencer |
| 4 | **protect** |  |  | a friend from embarrassment |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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A true friend may protect him kindly without harming any other person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e4:o1:1
# text = A true friend may protect him kindly without harming any other person
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	harming	harm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | may | a true friend |  | him *= he* |  |  | kindly *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **harm** | gerund | a true friend *not said here* | any other person |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Embarrassment is best remedied by ridicule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e4:o2:1
# text = Embarrassment is best remedied by ridicule
1	Embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	remedied	remedy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remedy** | present · passive | ridicule | Embarrassment |  |  |  | well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such protection is a form of dishonest conduct to be avoided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e4:o3:1
# text = Such protection is a form of dishonest conduct to be avoided
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Such protection | a form |  |  |  | of dishonest conduct | tree rules |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive · passive | Such protection *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A true friend publicises the matter for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e4:o4:1
# text = A true friend publicises the matter for amusement
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	publicises	publicise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publicise** | present | a true friend | the matter |  |  |  | for amusement | tree rules |

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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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