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description: Identify the course of action most likely to bring about the cessation of a nickname employed by teammates. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

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Identify the course of action most likely to bring about the cessation of a nickname employed by teammates.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, bring, employ, cease · **To what, where:** course, nickname

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action most likely to bring about the cessation of a nickname employed by teammates.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	teammates	teammate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	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 course of action |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the cessation of a nickname | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  | a nickname *not said here* |  |  |  | by teammates | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cease** |  |  | a nickname |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event 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 {#o1}

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Permanent withdrawal from all team activities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e2:o1:1
# text = Permanent withdrawal from all team activities
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The adoption of an even less dignified nickname

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e2:o2:1
# text = The adoption of an even less dignified nickname
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	dignified	dignified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** |  |  | a dignified nickname |  |  |  |  | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Good-humoured indifference in place of angry reaction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e2:o3:1
# text = Good-humoured indifference in place of angry reaction
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	humoured	humour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	indifference	indifference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **humour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Vehement objection upon every occasion of its use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:e2:o4:1
# text = Vehement objection upon every occasion of its use
1	Vehement	Vehement	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** |  |  | occasion's use |  |  |  |  | nom occasion «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **use** |  | occasion |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=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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