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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a co… — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a compromise? Exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Solving disagreements calmly

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a compromise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** compromise

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a compromise?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	compromise	compromise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | a compromise |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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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An arrangement whereby each party concedes a little so that both are fairly satisfied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:e1:o1:1
# text = An arrangement whereby each party concedes a little so that both are fairly satisfied
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	concedes	concede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concede** | present | a arrangement | a little |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent little=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | both |  |  |  |  | fairly, satisfied *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A refusal by both parties to continue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:e1:o2:1
# text = A refusal by both parties to continue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** |  | both parties |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A decision made by drawing straws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:e1:o3:1
# text = A decision made by drawing straws
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a decision *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund |  | straws |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An arrangement whereby one party obtains everything and the other party obtains nothing at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:e1:o4:1
# text = An arrangement whereby one party obtains everything and the other party obtains nothing at all
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	obtains	obtain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	obtains	obtain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | one party | everything |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | a arrangement | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nothing=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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