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description: It is given that a pupil, upon being mocked, retaliated with a more severe insult. Select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up

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It is given that a pupil, upon being mocked, retaliated with a more severe insult. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, mock, retaliate, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil, upon being mocked, retaliated with a more severe insult.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:1
# text = It is given that a pupil, upon being mocked, retaliated with a more severe insult.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	mocked	mock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	retaliated	retaliate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
16	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **mock** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **retaliate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a severe insult | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with insult=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Apologies are required solely of the party who commenced the dispute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:o1:1
# text = Apologies are required solely of the party who commenced the dispute
1	Apologies	apology	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Apologies |  |  |  | of the party; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **commence** | past | the party | the dispute |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispute=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The more severe insult resolves the dispute forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:o2:1
# text = The more severe insult resolves the dispute forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | the severe insult | the dispute |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | tree rules |

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

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Such retaliation tends to escalate the dispute, and an apology for one's own part assists

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:o3:1
# text = Such retaliation tends to escalate the dispute, and an apology for one's own part assists
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	escalate	escalate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	assists	assist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | Such retaliation | a apology for one's own part assists |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **escalate** | to-infinitive | Such retaliation *not said here* | the dispute |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dispute=Patient |
| 3 | **assist** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom assist «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The original mockery wholly excuses any subsequent insult, however severe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up:e3:o4:1
# text = The original mockery wholly excuses any subsequent insult, however severe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	excuses	excuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excuse** | present | the original mockery | any subsequent insult |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insult=Theme |

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