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title: In respect of pride in one's own effort, select the response consist… — Boredom, excitement and pride · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of pride in one's own effort, select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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 3 · Boredom, excitement and pride

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In respect of pride in one's own effort, select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, respect · **To what, where:** response, respect, pride

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e3:1
# text = In respect of pride in one's own effort, select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 |  | respect of pride in one's own effort |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | pride in one's own effort |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pride in one's effort encourages continued improvement, whereas boasting pushes friends away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e3:o1:1
# text = Pride in one's effort encourages continued improvement, whereas boasting pushes friends away
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	encourages	encourage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	boasting	boast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	nsubj	_	_
12	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | present | Pride in one's effort | continued improvement |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent improvement=Theme |
| 2 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **push away** | present |  | friends |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pride in one's effort is only permitted to those who have won a first prize in a contest

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e3:o2:1
# text = Pride in one's effort is only permitted to those who have won a first prize in a contest
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | Pride in one's effort |  | a contest |  | to those | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in contest=Location |
| 2 | **win** | present · perfect |  | a first prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pride in one's effort should always be concealed, since every expression of it amounts to boasting

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e3:o3:1
# text = Pride in one's effort should always be concealed, since every expression of it amounts to boasting
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
16	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	boasting	boasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | should · passive |  | Pride in one's effort |  |  | since expression amounts to boasting | always *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pride in one's effort is best expressed by stating that one is superior to all others

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e3:o4:1
# text = Pride in one's effort is best expressed by stating that one is superior to all others
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stating	state	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive |  | Pride in one's effort |  |  |  | well *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | gerund |  | that one |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to all others; superior *property* | tree rules |

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