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title: Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons… — Honest with yourself: excuses, pride a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons new to an activity is consistent with this lesson. Exam question 4 of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside

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Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons new to an activity is consistent with this lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, concerning · **What happens:** ascertain, concern, be, assess · **To what, where:** statement, self assessment, persons

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» 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/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons new to an activity is consistent with this lesson.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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* | which statement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  | the self assessment of persons |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assessment=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | concerning | which statement *not said here* |  |  |  | with this lesson; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **assess** |  |  | persons |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition 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 {#o1}

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Such persons are incapable of any form of self-assessment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:e4:o1:1
# text = Such persons are incapable of any form of self-assessment
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	assessment	assessment	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 | Such persons |  |  |  |  | of any form of self assessment; incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | self assessment |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Such persons frequently overestimate their own ability

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:e4:o2:1
# text = Such persons frequently overestimate their own ability
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	overestimate	overestimate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overestimate** | present | Such persons | persons's own ability |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent ability=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such persons invariably assess their ability with perfect accuracy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:e4:o3:1
# text = Such persons invariably assess their ability with perfect accuracy
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	assess	assess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | present | Such persons | persons's ability |  |  |  | with perfect accuracy; invariably *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such persons invariably underestimate their ability by a great margin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside:e4:o4:1
# text = Such persons invariably underestimate their ability by a great margin
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	underestimate	underestimate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **underestimate** | present | Such persons | persons's ability |  |  |  | by a great margin; invariably *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ability=Theme |

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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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