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description: Given that a guest damages an article belonging to the host, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson. Exam question 2 of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Owning up when it is hard

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Given that a guest damages an article belonging to the host, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, guest, article · **What happens:** give, damage, belong, identify · **To what, where:** article, course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e2:1
# text = Given that a guest damages an article belonging to the host, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	damages	damage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	19	advmod	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **damage** | present | a guest | a article |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Patient |
| 3 | **belong** | gerund | a article *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the host | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=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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Attribution of the damage to another member of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e2:o1:1
# text = Attribution of the damage to another member of the household
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	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Departure from the premises prior to the host's return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e2:o2:1
# text = Departure from the premises prior to the host's return
1	Departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | the host |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Disclosure to the host, together with an apology and notification of one's own parents

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e2:o3:1
# text = Disclosure to the host, together with an apology and notification of one's own parents
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment of the damaged article in a receptacle for refuse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e2:o4:1
# text = Concealment of the damaged article in a receptacle for refuse
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** |  |  | the damaged article in a receptacle for refuse |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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