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description: Identify the principal reason for which errors made during lessons ought not to occasion shame. Exam question 2 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

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Identify the principal reason for which errors made during lessons ought not to occasion shame.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, errors · **What happens:** identify, make, not occasion · **To what, where:** principal reason, shame

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which errors made during lessons ought not to occasion shame.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	occasion	occasion	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | errors |  |  |  | during lessons | for the principal reason | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for which=Asset |
| 3 | **not** **occasion** | ought | errors *not said here* | shame |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Mistakes are entertaining for the class and should therefore be laughed at

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e2:o1:1
# text = Mistakes are entertaining for the class and should therefore be laughed at
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	entertaining	entertain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | present · progressive | Mistakes |  |  |  |  | for the class | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **laugh** | should · passive | Mistakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mistakes are made only by those pupils who have failed to pay sufficient attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e2:o2:1
# text = Mistakes are made only by those pupils who have failed to pay sufficient attention
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | that pupils | Mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | that pupils |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **pay** | to-infinitive | that pupils *not said here* | sufficient attention |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mistakes are recorded permanently, so pupils ought never to attempt any answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e2:o3:1
# text = Mistakes are recorded permanently, so pupils ought never to attempt any answer
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present · passive |  | Mistakes |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **attempt** | ought | pupils | any answer |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Mistakes are the means by which everyone learns, and teachers wish pupils to try

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e2:o4:1
# text = Mistakes are the means by which everyone learns, and teachers wish pupils to try
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mistakes |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wish** | present | teachers | pupils |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | teachers *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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