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description: Determine the steps which should ordinarily precede the making of amends after a distressing incident. Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

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Determine the steps which should ordinarily precede the making of amends after a distressing incident.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, steps, amends · **What happens:** determine, precede, distress, make · **To what, where:** steps, making

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e2:1
# text = Determine the steps which should ordinarily precede the making of amends after a distressing incident.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	precede	precede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	making	making	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	amends	amend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	distressing	distress	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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* | the steps |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic |
| 2 | **precede** | should | the steps | the making of amends |  |  | after a distressing incident | ordinarily *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme making=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **distress** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **make** |  | amends |  |  |  |  |  | nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Undertaking full repair before any feelings have subsided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e2:o1:1
# text = Undertaking full repair before any feelings have subsided
1	Undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	subsided	subside	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund |  | full repair |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repair=Eventuality |
| 2 | **subside** | present · perfect | any feelings |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Concealing the incident until such time as it is forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e2:o2:1
# text = Concealing the incident until such time as it is forgotten
1	Concealing	conceal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | gerund |  | the incident |  |  | time |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=Patient |
| 2 | **forget** | present · passive |  | incident |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Attaining calm and informing a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e2:o3:1
# text = Attaining calm and informing a trusted adult
1	Attaining	attain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reviewing the incident at length during the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e2:o4:1
# text = Reviewing the incident at length during the night
1	Reviewing	review	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **review** | gerund |  | the incident |  | length | night |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=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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