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description: Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

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Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, break, select, establish · **To what, where:** child, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:e3:1
# text = Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pane	pane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	greenhouse	greenhouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
16	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | present · perfect · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | accidentally *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient pane=Result |
| 3 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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To return, confess and apologise is preferable to concealment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:e3:o1:1
# text = To return, confess and apologise is preferable to concealment
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	confess	confess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	apologise	apologise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	preferable	preferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **confess** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to concealment; preferable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The neighbour bears responsibility for the breakage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:e3:o2:1
# text = The neighbour bears responsibility for the breakage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	breakage	breakage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Flight renders the child less likely to be suspected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:e3:o3:1
# text = Flight renders the child less likely to be suspected
1	Flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	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	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Flight | the child |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **suspect** | to-infinitive · passive | Flight *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment beneath one's bed resolves the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door:e3:o4:1
# text = Concealment beneath one's bed resolves the matter
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | Concealment beneath one's bed | the matter |  |  |  |  | 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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