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It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event. Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witness, you, response · What happens: give, state, misremember, select, be, establish · To what, where: It, event, response, term · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witness	det
6	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	nsubj
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 misremembered	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 misremembered	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 misremembered	punct
11	misremembered	misremember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 states	ccomp
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 misremembered	punct
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 event	det
14	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 misremembered	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	a witness						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	misremember in a quote	past	witness	a event					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 usage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 usage	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 usage	amod
10	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 term	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 term	det
13	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 usage	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response					with the established usage of that term; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	use			that term					nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He recalled it with perfect accuracy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recalled	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 accuracy	case
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 accuracy	amod
6	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	past	He	it				with perfect accuracy	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He recorded the event in writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recorded	nsubj
2	recorded	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 event	det
4	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recorded	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past	He	the event		writing			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent event=Theme in writing=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He recalled it falsely or lied about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recalled	obj
4	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	2 recalled	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 lied	cc
6	lied	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 recalled	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	past	He	it				falsely property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	lie	participle	He not said here					about it	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Option 4

He failed to attend the event

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 failed	nsubj
2	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 attend	mark
4	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 failed	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 event	det
6	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	He						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not attend	to-infinitive	He not said here	the event					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme event=Goal

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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