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title: Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood is unhelpful whe… — White lies: the ugly jumper and the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood is unhelpful when a teacher sincerely solicits candid feedback. Exam question 3 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

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Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood is unhelpful when a teacher sincerely solicits candid feedback.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, falsehood, teacher · **What happens:** identify, be, solicit · **To what, where:** principal reason, candid feedback

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» 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/83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood is unhelpful when a teacher sincerely solicits candid feedback.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	unhelpful	unhelpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	solicits	solicit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
16	candid	candid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	feedback	feedback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a falsehood |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; unhelpful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **solicit** | present | a teacher | candid feedback |  |  |  | sincerely *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The teacher is thereby deprived of the information required for improvement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:e3:o1:1
# text = The teacher is thereby deprived of the information required for improvement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deprive** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  | of the information; thereby *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of information=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | participle |  | the information *not said here* |  |  |  | for improvement | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher is thereby compelled to repeat the identical lesson verbatim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:e3:o2:1
# text = The teacher is thereby compelled to repeat the identical lesson verbatim
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	verbatim	verbatim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **repeat** | to-infinitive |  | the identical lesson verbatim |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verbatim=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher is thereby obliged to impose a penalty upon the entire class for its want of candour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:e3:o3:1
# text = The teacher is thereby obliged to impose a penalty upon the entire class for its want of candour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	candour	candour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **impose** | to-infinitive |  | a penalty |  |  |  | upon the entire class; for teacher's want of candour | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme |
| 3 | **want** |  | teacher | candour |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The teacher is thereby rendered unable to complete the lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:83-white-lies-the-ugly-jumper-and-the-bad-drawing:e3:o4:1
# text = The teacher is thereby rendered unable to complete the lesson
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	complete	complete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  | thereby, unable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **complete** | to-infinitive |  | the lesson |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Eventuality |

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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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