--- title: Select the response consistent with the established principles conce… — The whole class punished, and "you did… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established principles concerning the absence of a reply to a request. Exam question 2 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/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 whole class punished, and "you did…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no" Select the response consistent with the established principles concerning the absence of a reply to a request. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established principles · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, absent · **To what, where:** response, absence, reply This is exam question 2 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e2:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established principles concerning the absence of a reply to a request. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 principles principle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established principles *not said here* | the absence of a reply to a request | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus absence=Experiencer | | 4 | **absent** | | | a reply to a request | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} Silence constitutes consent in all cases ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e2:o1:1 # text = Silence constitutes consent in all cases 1 Silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 constitutes constitute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consent consent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | present | Silence constitutes | | | all cases | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Silence constitutes refusal in all cases ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e2:o2:1 # text = Silence constitutes refusal in all cases 1 Silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constitute** | present | Silence | refusal | | all cases | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme refusal=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Silence does not constitute consent ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e2:o3:1 # text = Silence does not constitute consent 1 Silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 constitute constitute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **constitute** | present · do-support | Silence | consent | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} Silence constitutes a binding promise ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e2:o4:1 # text = Silence constitutes a binding promise 1 Silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 binding binding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constitute** | present | Silence | a binding promise | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme promise=Pivot | **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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