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title: Identify the principal disadvantage of anonymous reporting. — Whistle-blowing: when to tell · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal disadvantage of anonymous reporting. Exam question 4 of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» of the religion ethics 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 · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

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Identify the principal disadvantage of anonymous reporting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal disadvantage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal disadvantage of anonymous reporting.
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	disadvantage	disadvantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reporting	reporting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 disadvantage of anonymous reporting |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent disadvantage=Theme |

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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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The facility invariably reveals the identity of the person reporting to those accused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:e4:o1:1
# text = The facility invariably reveals the identity of the person reporting to those accused
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	reporting	report	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	_
13	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present | the facility | the identity of the person |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |
| 2 | **report** | gerund | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the person | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to that=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **accuse** | participle | the facility *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The facility may be misused for the communication of false or malicious allegations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:e4:o2:1
# text = The facility may be misused for the communication of false or malicious allegations
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	misused	misuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	malicious	malicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	allegations	allegation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **misuse** | may · passive |  | the facility |  |  |  | for the communication of false allegations | tree rules |
| 2 | **communicate** |  | false allegations |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The facility affords no protection whatsoever to the person reporting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:e4:o3:1
# text = The facility affords no protection whatsoever to the person reporting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	reporting	reporting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | the facility | no protection |  |  |  | to the person reporting; whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The facility is available exclusively to persons in authority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell:e4:o4:1
# text = The facility is available exclusively to persons in authority
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the facility |  |  |  |  | to persons in authority; available, exclusively *property* | tree rules |

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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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