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# Exam question 1 · The kid who has it in for you

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a pupil who reports to a teacher a threat of violence made against him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil · **What happens:** follow, characteris, report, make, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, threat, teacher, violence, pupil

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of a pupil who reports to a teacher a threat of violence made against him?
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	against	against	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	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 conduct of a pupil |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **report** | present | a pupil | a threat of violence | a teacher |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent threat=Topic to teacher=Recipient |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  | violence *not said here* |  |  |  | against teacher | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 5 | **conduct** |  |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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 {#o1}

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He thereby renders the threat more likely to be executed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:e1:o1:1
# text = He thereby renders the threat more likely to be executed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	renders	render	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	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | He | the threat |  |  |  | likely, thereby *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Theme |
| 2 | **execute** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He exaggerates a matter of no consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:e1:o2:1
# text = He exaggerates a matter of no consequence
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | present | He | a matter of no consequence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** |  | no consequence |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He commits an act of disloyalty deserving censure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:e1:o3:1
# text = He commits an act of disloyalty deserving censure
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commits	commit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	disloyalty	disloyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	censure	censure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | present | He | a act of disloyalty |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Theme |
| 2 | **deserve** | gerund | a act of disloyalty *not said here* | censure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **act** |  | disloyalty |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He acts prudently in the interest of his own safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you:e1:o4:1
# text = He acts prudently in the interest of his own safety
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prudently	prudently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | He |  |  | the interest of his own safety |  | prudently *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **interest** |  |  | his own safety |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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