--- title: Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is ap… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is applied impartially. Exam question 2 of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The brother who never does anything wr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard… Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is applied impartially. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, apply · **To what, where:** procedure, rule This is exam question 2 of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards 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/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e2:1 # text = Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is applied impartially. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 reliably reliably ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 reveals reveal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 7 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 12 impartially impartially ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | which procedure | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition procedure=Beneficiary reveal=Theme | | 2 | **apply** | present · passive | | a rule | | | | impartially *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Substitution of the names of the persons concerned ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e2:o1:1 # text = Substitution of the names of the persons concerned 1 Substitution substitution 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 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **substitute** | | the names of the persons | | | | | | nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 2 | **name** | | | the persons | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Repetition of the rule on a daily basis ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e2:o2:1 # text = Repetition of the rule on a daily basis 1 Repetition repetition 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 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 basis basis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | | the rule on a daily basis | | | | | | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Enquiry into the age of the rule ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e2:o3:1 # text = Enquiry into the age of the rule 1 Enquiry enquiry NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Measurement of the volume at which the rule is stated ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e2:o4:1 # text = Measurement of the volume at which the rule is stated 1 Measurement measurement 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 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive | | the rule | | the volume | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **measure** | | | the volume | | | | | nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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