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title: Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during… — Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during a street robbery is regarded as prudent. Exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

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Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during a street robbery is regarded as prudent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, surrender, regard · **To what, where:** principal reason, property, street robbery

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» 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/19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during a street robbery is regarded as prudent.
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	7	obl	_	_
7	surrendering	surrender	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **surrender** | gerund |  | property |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent property=Theme |
| 3 | **regard** | present · passive |  | a street robbery |  |  |  | as prudent | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as prudent=Value |

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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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Personal safety takes precedence, as property may be replaced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e2:o1:1
# text = Personal safety takes precedence, as property may be replaced
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	precedence	precedence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Personal safety | precedence |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme |
| 2 | **replace** | may · passive |  | property |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Resistance is invariably successful in recovering the property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e2:o2:1
# text = Resistance is invariably successful in recovering the property
1	Resistance	resistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	recovering	recover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Resistance |  |  |  |  | invariably, successful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **recover** | gerund | Resistance *not said here* | the property |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Property surrendered is automatically insured by the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e2:o3:1
# text = Property surrendered is automatically insured by the school
1	Property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	insured	insure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | participle |  | Property *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **insure** | present · passive | the school | Property |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Surrender obliges the assailant to return the property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e2:o4:1
# text = Surrender obliges the assailant to return the property
1	Surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assailant	assailant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | Surrender | the assailant |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assailant=Patient |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | Surrender *not said here* | the property |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme |

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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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