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title: Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where… — When it was my fault: owning up and ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where a pupil has withdrawn from a commitment owing to fear. Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

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Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where a pupil has withdrawn from a commitment owing to fear.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, commitment · **What happens:** identify, withdraw, owe, fear · **To what, where:** course, pupil, commitment

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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/5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of conduct most consistent with integrity where a pupil has withdrawn from a commitment owing to fear.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	integrity	integrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	commitment	commitment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 course of conduct |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **withdraw** | present · perfect · passive |  | a pupil |  | a commitment |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from commitment=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **owe** | gerund | a commitment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fear** | to-infinitive | a commitment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Attribution of the withdrawal to another participant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e2:o1:1
# text = Attribution of the withdrawal to another participant
1	Attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** |  |  | the withdrawal to another participant |  |  |  |  | nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fabrication of an illness in order to avoid embarrassment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e2:o2:1
# text = Fabrication of an illness in order to avoid embarrassment
1	Fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	fixed	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
9	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | embarrassment |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Silence pending the discovery of the absence by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e2:o3:1
# text = Silence pending the discovery of the absence by others
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pend** | gerund | Silence *not said here* | the discovery of the absence |  |  |  | by others | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** |  |  | the absence |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Candid acknowledgement of the fear to the responsible adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:5-when-it-was-my-fault-owning-up-and-making-it-right:e2:o4:1
# text = Candid acknowledgement of the fear to the responsible adult
1	Candid	candid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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