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description: Identify the principal reason for which most parents respond more gravely to concealment than to the accident concealed. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

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Identify the principal reason for which most parents respond more gravely to concealment than to the accident concealed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most parents · **What happens:** identify, respond, conceal · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» 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/15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which most parents respond more gravely to concealment than to the accident concealed.
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	9	obl	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	respond	respond	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	gravely	gravely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
18	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	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 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | most parents |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; gravely *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conceal** | past | most parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the accident | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Concealment damages trust, whereas an accident is not deliberate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:e3:o1:1
# text = Concealment damages trust, whereas an accident is not deliberate
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	damages	damage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present | Concealment | trust |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a accident |  |  |  |  | deliberate *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Parents are customarily indifferent to accidents of every kind whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:e3:o2:1
# text = Parents are customarily indifferent to accidents of every kind whatsoever
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	accidents	accident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Parents |  |  |  |  | to accidents of every kind; customarily, indifferent, whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Accidents are invariably more costly than concealment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:e3:o3:1
# text = Accidents are invariably more costly than concealment
1	Accidents	accident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Accidents |  |  |  |  | than concealment; costly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment is the only matter subject to legal penalty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:15-the-lie-nobody-found-out-carrying-a-secret:e3:o4:1
# text = Concealment is the only matter subject to legal penalty
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Concealment | the only matter subject |  |  |  | to legal penalty | tree rules |

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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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