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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice of… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice of designating every contrary example as "an exception"? Exam question 4 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 pr
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# Exam question 4 · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice of designating every contrary example as "an exception"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** practice · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** practice, contrary example

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice of designating every contrary example as "an exception"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	designating	designate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the practice |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | gerund | the practice *not said here* | every contrary example |  |  |  | as a exception | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent example=Theme as exception=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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It is a fair method of counting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e4:o1:1
# text = It is a fair method of counting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	counting	counting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fair method |  |  |  | of counting | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It increases the accuracy of the rule with every new example

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e4:o2:1
# text = It increases the accuracy of the rule with every new example
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
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	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | It | the accuracy of the rule |  |  |  | with every new example | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer accuracy=Patient |

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

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It shields a rule from evidence that it is false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e4:o3:1
# text = It shields a rule from evidence that it is false
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shields	shield	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shield** | present | It | a rule |  | evidence |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | rule | evidence *not said here* |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It confirms the rule beyond doubt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e4:o4:1
# text = It confirms the rule beyond doubt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	confirms	confirm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present | It | the rule |  |  |  | beyond doubt | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rule=Topic |

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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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