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# Exam question 4 · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

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Ascertain the course of conduct most consistent with prudence upon hearing rumours of a death in the community.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, death · **What happens:** ascertain, hear, rumour · **To what, where:** course, rumours

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» 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/60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of conduct most consistent with prudence upon hearing rumours of a death in the community.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund | you *not said here* | rumours of a death in the community |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus |
| 3 | **rumour** |  | a death in the community |  |  |  |  |  | nom rumour «communication 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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To disseminate the rumour as widely as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:e4:o1:1
# text = To disseminate the rumour as widely as possible
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disseminate	disseminate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disseminate** | to-infinitive |  | the rumour |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent rumour=Theme |

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

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To refrain from repetition and await reliable information

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:e4:o2:1
# text = To refrain from repetition and await reliable information
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | repetition |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from repetition=Eventuality |
| 2 | **await** | infinitive |  | reliable information |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To embellish the rumour for the interest and entertainment of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:e4:o3:1
# text = To embellish the rumour for the interest and entertainment of others
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	embellish	embellish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embellish** | to-infinitive |  | the rumour |  |  |  | for the interest of others and entertainment | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rumour=Destination |
| 2 | **interest** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To visit the location of the incident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:e4:o4:1
# text = To visit the location of the incident
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	location	location	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	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | the location of the incident |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Co-Agent |

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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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