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title: Select the response consistent with the established guidance concern… — Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning the correction of false information repeated by an elderly relative. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends

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Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning the correction of false information repeated by an elderly relative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established guidance · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, repeat, correct · **To what, where:** response, correction, false information

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics 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/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning the correction of false information repeated by an elderly relative.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established guidance *not said here* | the correction of false information |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus correction=Experiencer |
| 4 | **repeat** | participle |  | false information *not said here* |  |  |  | by a elderly relative | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **correct** |  |  | false information |  |  |  |  | nom correction «act 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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The correction shall be made courteously and, where appropriate, in private

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e3:o1:1
# text = The correction shall be made courteously and, where appropriate, in private
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall · passive |  | the correction |  |  |  | courteously *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No correction shall ever be attempted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e3:o2:1
# text = No correction shall ever be attempted
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	attempted	attempt	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 | **attempt** | shall · passive |  | no correction |  |  | ever |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The correction shall be made publicly, before the assembled family, in order to embarrass the relative

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e3:o3:1
# text = The correction shall be made publicly, before the assembled family, in order to embarrass the relative
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	fixed	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall · passive |  | the correction |  |  | before the assembled family | publicly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **embarrass** | to-infinitive |  | the relative |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relative=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The relative shall be excluded from family gatherings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends:e3:o4:1
# text = The relative shall be excluded from family gatherings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | shall · passive |  | the relative |  | family gatherings |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from gathering=Eventuality |

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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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