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description: Identify the principal deficiency in attributing the disappearance of a remote control to a child who was at school throughout the day. Exam question 1 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

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Identify the principal deficiency in attributing the disappearance of a remote control to a child who was at school throughout the day.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child, remote control · **What happens:** identify, attribute, be, disappear · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, disappearance, school

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» of the world 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/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency in attributing the disappearance of a remote control to a child who was at school throughout the day.
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	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	attributing	attribute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 deficiency |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | gerund | you *not said here* | the disappearance of a remote control to a child and school |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | a child and school |  |  | school |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **disappear** |  | a remote control to a child and school |  |  |  |  |  | nom disappearance «act 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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The remote control was of an unusual design

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e1:o1:1
# text = The remote control was of an unusual design
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the remote control |  |  |  |  | of a unusual design | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child had insufficient interest in television

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e1:o2:1
# text = The child had insufficient interest in television
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the child | insufficient interest |  | television |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The parent omitted to search the garden and the shed before accusing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e1:o3:1
# text = The parent omitted to search the garden and the shed before accusing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	omitted	omit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	accusing	accuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **omit** | past | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | to-infinitive | the parent *not said here* | the garden and the shed |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent garden=Location |
| 3 | **accuse** | gerund | the parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The accusation preceded any examination of the evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e1:o4:1
# text = The accusation preceded any examination of the evidence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	preceded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | the accusation | any examination of the evidence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **examine** |  |  | the evidence |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act 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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