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Exam question 3 · Lies that do real harm

It is given that a person has falsely blamed another for a wrong. Ascertain the means of putting it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the · What happens: give, blame, ascertain, mean, put · To what, where: It, person · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» of the everyday 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 person has falsely blamed another for a wrong.

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	_	9 blamed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blamed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 blamed	aux
8	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	9 blamed	advmod
9	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 blamed	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 wrong	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wrong	det
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blamed	obl
14	.	.	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	blame	present · perfect · passive		a person				for a wrong; falsely property	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: Ascertain the means of putting it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 putting	mark
5	putting	put	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 means	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 putting	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	5 putting	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	put	gerund		person				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Tell the truth quickly, before the harm grows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 truth	det
3	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grows	punct
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 grows	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 harm	det
8	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grows	nsubj
9	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the truth				quickly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	grow	present	the harm						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Say nothing, since the lie is already told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lie	det
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux:pass
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive		the lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

Wait until the other person forgets about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 forgets	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgets	nsubj
6	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forgets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget	present	the other person					about it	tree rules

Option 4

Apologise privately but let the blame stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apologise	apologise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	privately	privately	ADV	_	1 Apologise	advmod
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 let	cc
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Apologise	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stand	det
6	blame	blame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stand	amod
7	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	imperative	you not said here					privately property	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	the blame stand					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Theme

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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