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description: In respect of guilt arising from a concealed wrongdoing, determine which statement is correct. Exam question 4 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

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In respect of guilt arising from a concealed wrongdoing, determine which statement is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guilt, you, statement · **What happens:** arise, conceal, determine, be, respect · **To what, where:** concealed wrongdoing, respect, guilt

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e4:1
# text = In respect of guilt arising from a concealed wrongdoing, determine which statement is correct.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	13	det	_	_
13	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | gerund | guilt *not said here* |  |  | a concealed wrongdoing |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | respect of guilt |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **respect** |  |  | guilt |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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 {#o1}

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Guilt is transferred in full to whosoever was wrongly blamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e4:o1:1
# text = Guilt is transferred in full to whosoever was wrongly blamed
1	Guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transferred	transfer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | present · passive |  | Guilt | whosoever | full |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to whosoever=Recipient |
| 2 | **blame** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP» |

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

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Such guilt commonly intensifies for so long as the wrong remains unremedied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e4:o2:1
# text = Such guilt commonly intensifies for so long as the wrong remains unremedied
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	intensifies	intensify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	_
12	unremedied	unremedied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intensify** | present | Such guilt |  |  |  |  | as the wrong remains; commonly, unremedied *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Such guilt invariably dissipates within a single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e4:o3:1
# text = Such guilt invariably dissipates within a single night
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dissipates	dissipate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissipate** | present | Such guilt |  |  |  | night | invariably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment converts guilt into pride upon the expiry of a fixed period of time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean:e4:o4:1
# text = Concealment converts guilt into pride upon the expiry of a fixed period of time
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	expiry	expiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present | Concealment | guilt |  |  |  | into pride *result*; upon the expiry of a fixed period of time | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent guilt=Patient into pride=Result |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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