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description: Whereas a relative has circulated a fabricated video in the belief that it was genuine, select the response most consistent with good practice. Exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

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Whereas a relative has circulated a fabricated video in the belief that it was genuine, select the response most consistent with good practice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** relative, you · **What happens:** circulate, be, select · **To what, where:** relative, belief, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e3:1
# text = Whereas a relative has circulated a fabricated video in the belief that it was genuine, select the response most consistent with good practice.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	circulated	circulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
17	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circulate** | present · perfect · passive |  | a relative |  | the belief |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | relative | the belief *not said here* |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Further circulation of the video to additional persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e3:o1:1
# text = Further circulation of the video to additional persons
1	Further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circulate** |  |  | the video |  |  |  | to additional persons | nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A courteous private communication indicating the means of verification

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e3:o2:1
# text = A courteous private communication indicating the means of verification
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	indicating	indicate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	obj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | gerund | a courteous private communication *not said here* | the |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot the=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a courteous private communication |  |  |  |  | of verification | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Public ridicule within the group in which it was circulated, so as to discourage any repetition

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e3:o3:1
# text = Public ridicule within the group in which it was circulated, so as to discourage any repetition
1	Public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	circulated	circulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	discourage	discourage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circulate** | past · passive |  | ridicule |  | the group |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **discourage** | to-infinitive | Public ridicule within the group | any repetition |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus repetition=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The removal of the relative from all communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e3:o4:1
# text = The removal of the relative from all communication
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the relative from all communication |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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