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title: Select the reason for which the prompt disclosure of an open cage is… — Owning up when it is hard · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the reason for which the prompt disclosure of an open cage is of particular importance. Exam question 3 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 each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 3 · Owning up when it is hard

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Select the reason for which the prompt disclosure of an open cage is of particular importance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, prompt disclosure · **What happens:** select, be, disclose · **To what, where:** reason, open cage

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e3:1
# text = Select the reason for which the prompt disclosure of an open cage is of particular importance.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the prompt disclosure of a open cage |  |  |  |  | of particular importance; for the reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **disclose** |  |  | a open cage |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 welfare of an animal may depend upon an immediate search

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e3:o1:1
# text = The welfare of an animal may depend upon an immediate search
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	welfare	welfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	depend	depend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | may | the welfare of a animal |  |  |  |  | upon a immediate search | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher is obliged to consult surveillance recordings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e3:o2:1
# text = The teacher is obliged to consult surveillance recordings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	surveillance	surveillance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	recordings	recording	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **consult** | to-infinitive |  | surveillance recordings |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cage must be repaired before the end of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e3:o3:1
# text = The cage must be repaired before the end of the day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	repaired	repair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | must · passive |  | the cage |  |  | before the end of the day |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The animal is capable of identifying the culpable person upon its return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard:e3:o4:1
# text = The animal is capable of identifying the culpable person upon its return
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	identifying	identify	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	culpable	culpable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the animal |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **identify** | gerund | the animal *not said here* | the culpable person |  |  |  | upon animal's return | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 3 | **return** |  | animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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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