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# Exam question 3 · The row over a game

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Ascertain the most effective means, as established in the lesson, of reconciliation following a quarrel in which one party has falsely claimed an accident.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** effective, reconciliation · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, establish, follow, claim · **To what, where:** lesson, quarrel, one party · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 475 «The row over a game» 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/475-the-row-over-a-game/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most effective means, as established in the lesson, of reconciliation following a quarrel in which one party has falsely claimed an accident.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
20	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	claimed	claim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the effective |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  | of reconciliation | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | reconciliation *not said here* | a quarrel |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Theme |
| 5 | **claim** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | one party |  | a quarrel |  | falsely *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A candid acknowledgement of the true feeling, such as jealousy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:e3:o1:1
# text = A candid acknowledgement of the true feeling, such as jealousy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	candid	candid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The avoidance of the other party indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:e3:o2:1
# text = The avoidance of the other party indefinitely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | the other party |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Persistence in the account of an accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:e3:o3:1
# text = Persistence in the account of an accident
1	Persistence	persistence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | a accident |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Retaliation in kind against the other party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game:e3:o4:1
# text = Retaliation in kind against the other party
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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