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title: Identify the principal distinction drawn in the lesson between forms… — Shouty parents and bad days · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal distinction drawn in the lesson between forms of shouting. Exam question 2 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Shouty parents and bad days

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Identify the principal distinction drawn in the lesson between forms of shouting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, draw, form · **To what, where:** principal distinction, lesson, shouting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction drawn in the lesson between forms of shouting.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal distinction |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | the principal distinction *not said here* |  | the lesson between forms of shouting |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in lesson=Destination |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | shouting |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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Shouting is acceptable only when directed at one's own children at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e2:o1:1
# text = Shouting is acceptable only when directed at one's own children at home
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **direct** | participle | Shouting *not said here* |  |  | home |  | at one's own children | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at child=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All shouting is identical in its cause, its object and its effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e2:o2:1
# text = All shouting is identical in its cause, its object and its effect
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all shouting |  |  | shouting's cause  shouting's object and shouting's effect |  | identical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** |  | shouting |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **effect** |  | shouting |  |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Shouting at a match or about mess differs from anger turned on people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e2:o3:1
# text = Shouting at a match or about mess differs from anger turned on people
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	differs	differ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | a match or mess |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **differ** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  | from anger | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from anger=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **turn** | participle |  | anger *not said here* |  |  |  | on people | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on people=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouting at a match is invariably more dangerous than other shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e2:o4:1
# text = Shouting at a match is invariably more dangerous than other shouting
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | a match |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  | than other shouting; dangerous *property* | 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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