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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning retaliation in kind against a two-faced friend. Exam question 4 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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 · Nice alone, mean in a group

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning retaliation in kind against a two-faced friend.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, retaliation, kind

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning retaliation in kind against a two-faced friend.
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	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	faced	faced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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* | retaliation |  | kind against a faced friend |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retaliation=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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It invariably causes the offender to apologise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e4:o1:1
# text = It invariably causes the offender to apologise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	causes	cause	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	offender	offender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | the offender |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | to-infinitive | the offender *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It increases the popularity of the retaliating pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e4:o2:1
# text = It increases the popularity of the retaliating pupil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	increases	increase	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	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	retaliating	retaliate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | It | the popularity of the retaliating pupil |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer popularity=Patient |
| 2 | **retaliate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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It tends to produce two unhappy parties without resolving the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e4:o3:1
# text = It tends to produce two unhappy parties without resolving the matter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	resolving	resolve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **produce** | to-infinitive |  | two unhappy parties |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Result |
| 3 | **resolve** | gerund |  | the matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the recommended manner of restoring friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e4:o4:1
# text = It is the recommended manner of restoring friendship
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	restoring	restore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | the recommended manner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | gerund | the recommended manner *not said here* | friendship |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friendship=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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