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# Exam question 1 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the failure of a competent speller upon an easy word in public competition?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** competent speller · **What happens:** follow, characteris, fail · **To what, where:** failure

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection 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/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the failure of a competent speller upon an easy word in public competition?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	competent	competent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	speller	speller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the failure of a competent speller upon a easy word in public competition |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fail** |  | a competent speller upon a easy word in public competition |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Nervousness may temporarily obstruct the recall of known material

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e1:o1:1
# text = Nervousness may temporarily obstruct the recall of known material
1	Nervousness	nervousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	obstruct	obstruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	recall	recall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obstruct** | may | Nervousness | the recall of known material |  |  |  | temporarily *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer recall=Eventuality |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **recall** |  |  | known material |  |  |  |  | nom recall «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such failure arises solely from deliberate malpractice by the judges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e1:o2:1
# text = Such failure arises solely from deliberate malpractice by the judges
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	malpractice	malpractice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | Such failure |  |  | deliberate malpractice |  | by the judges; solely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by judge=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Easy words are inherently more difficult than long words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e1:o3:1
# text = Easy words are inherently more difficult than long words
1	Easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	inherently	inherently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Easy words |  |  |  |  | than long words; difficult, inherently *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such failure establishes conclusively an inability to spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e1:o4:1
# text = Such failure establishes conclusively an inability to spell
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	establishes	establish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present | Such failure | a inability |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inability=Patient |
| 2 | **spell** | to-infinitive | Such failure *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |

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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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