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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning rumours. Exam question 3 of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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 3 · Thinking cleverly about people

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning rumours.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning rumours.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts and concerning rumours; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **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 {#o1}

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A true rumour must always be shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e3:o1:1
# text = A true rumour must always be shared
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | must · passive |  | a true rumour |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A rumour never causes harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e3:o2:1
# text = A rumour never causes harm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cause** | present | a rumour | harm |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A rumour is always true if many persons repeat it, since so many cannot be mistaken

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e3:o3:1
# text = A rumour is always true if many persons repeat it, since so many cannot be mistaken
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	repeat	repeat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
12	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	mistaken	mistake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a rumour |  |  |  |  | always, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **repeat** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | many persons | rumour |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **mistake** | can · passive |  | many |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A rumour may be untrue, and even a true rumour may cause hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e3:o4:1
# text = A rumour may be untrue, and even a true rumour may cause hurt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | a rumour |  |  |  |  | untrue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | may | a true rumour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | participle | a true rumour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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