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description: Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage ought to be reported to an adult without delay. Exam question 1 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 1 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

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Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage ought to be reported to an adult without delay.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, report · **To what, where:** principal reason, accidental breakage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage ought to be reported to an adult without delay.
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	13	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	breakage	breakage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **report** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a accidental breakage |  |  |  | for the principal reason; to a adult; without delay | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Prompt admission usually occasions less trouble than concealment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e1:o1:1
# text = Prompt admission usually occasions less trouble than concealment
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	occasions	occasion	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | present | Prompt admission | less trouble |  |  |  | than concealment; usually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Concealment is permissible provided that no adult witnessed the event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e1:o2:1
# text = Concealment is permissible provided that no adult witnessed the event
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	witnessed	witness	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | Concealment |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **witness** | past | no adult | the event |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Prompt admission transfers responsibility to another person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e1:o3:1
# text = Prompt admission transfers responsibility to another person
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transfers	transfer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | present | Prompt admission | responsibility | another person |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme to person=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Adults are required to overlook any immediate admission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e1:o4:1
# text = Adults are required to overlook any immediate admission
1	Adults	adult	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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	overlook	overlook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Adults |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **overlook** | to-infinitive |  | any immediate admission |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admission=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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