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description: In respect of the expression of disagreement, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts? Exam question 4 of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Handling anger

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In respect of the expression of disagreement, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** characteris, establish, respect · **To what, where:** established facts, respect, expression

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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/89-handling-anger/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:e4:1
# text = In respect of the expression of disagreement, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present |  | the established facts |  | respect of the expression of disagreement and which statement |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the expression of disagreement and which statement |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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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People listen to anger and to calmness to precisely the same degree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:e4:o1:1
# text = People listen to anger and to calmness to precisely the same degree
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	calmness	calmness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
9	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | People |  |  |  |  | to anger and calmness | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anger=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People listen most attentively to the loudest voice present in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:e4:o2:1
# text = People listen most attentively to the loudest voice present in the room
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	attentively	attentively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | People |  |  |  |  | to the loudest voice present in the room; attentively *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to present=Theme |

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

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People listen to a calm and clear reason far more readily than to a shout

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:e4:o3:1
# text = People listen to a calm and clear reason far more readily than to a shout
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | People |  |  |  |  | to a calm reason; readily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to reason=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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People listen to a reason only when it is accompanied by slammed doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:e4:o4:1
# text = People listen to a reason only when it is accompanied by slammed doors
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	slammed	slam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | present | People |  |  |  |  | to a reason | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to reason=Theme |
| 2 | **accompany** | present · passive | slammed doors | reason |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **slam** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=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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