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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct within a group, as distinct from conduct of an individual alone? Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct within a group, as distinct from conduct of an individual alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, individual

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» 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/16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct within a group, as distinct from conduct of an individual alone?
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	1	nmod	_	_
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	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 |  | conduct |  |  |  | within a group; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | a individual |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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 {#o1}

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Persons in a group are incapable of experiencing subsequent shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e1:o1:1
# text = Persons in a group are incapable of experiencing subsequent shame
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	experiencing	experience	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Persons in a group |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **experience** | gerund | Persons in a group *not said here* | subsequent shame |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shame=Stimulus |

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

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Members of a group may act worse than each would individually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e1:o2:1
# text = Members of a group may act worse than each would individually
1	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	worse	badly	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	individually	individually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | may | Members of a group |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The conduct of a group is never attributable to any of its members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e1:o3:1
# text = The conduct of a group is never attributable to any of its members
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the conduct of a group |  |  |  |  | to any; attributable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  |  | a group |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Groups invariably behave more kindly than their individual members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e1:o4:1
# text = Groups invariably behave more kindly than their individual members
1	Groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | Groups |  |  |  |  | than Groups's individual members; invariably, kindly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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