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title: In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct. — Fights, racism and being a bystander · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct. Exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Fights, racism and being a bystander

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In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** determine, be, respect · **To what, where:** respect, dyslexia

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» 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/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:e4:1
# text = In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dyslexia	dyslexia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | respect of dyslexia |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | dyslexia |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It affects only persons over the age of eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:e4:o1:1
# text = It affects only persons over the age of eighteen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | present | It | persons |  |  | over the age of eighteen |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is eliminated entirely by increased effort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:e4:o2:1
# text = It is eliminated entirely by increased effort
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	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eliminate** | present · passive | increased effort | It |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

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It renders reading and spelling more difficult and is unrelated to intelligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:e4:o3:1
# text = It renders reading and spelling more difficult and is unrelated to intelligence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | reading and spelling |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to intelligence; unrelated *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It indicates a general deficiency in intelligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander:e4:o4:1
# text = It indicates a general deficiency in intelligence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a general deficiency |  | intelligence |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deficiency=Topic |

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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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