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Exam question 4 · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

It is given that a friend proposes an activity contrary to one's family rules during a visit. Determine the correct course of action.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, one, you · What happens: give, propose, rule, determine · To what, where: It, activity contrary, family rules, correct course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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 friend proposes an activity contrary to one's family rules during a visit.

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 proposes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	nsubj
7	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 contrary	det
9	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 contrary	compound
10	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 rules	case
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rules	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rules	compound
15	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 contrary	nmod
16	during	during	ADP	_	18 visit	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 visit	det
18	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rules	nmod
19	.	.	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	propose	present	a friend	a activity contrary	one's family rules during a visit				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent contrary=Theme to rule=Recipient
3	rule		one				during a visit		nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent during=obl

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: Determine the correct course of action.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the correct course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

The options

Option 1

Agree, provided nobody finds out about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 finds	punct
3	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 finds	advcl
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 finds	nsubj
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 finds	compound:prt
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	provide	participle	nobody not said here						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	find out	present	nobody					about it	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

Agree, because the host's house is different

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 different	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 different	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 host	det
5	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 host	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 different	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 different	cop
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Agree	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the host's house					different property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Say nothing and go along with the friend

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 go	cc
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	along	along	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	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	go along	infinitive	you not said here					with the friend; along property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with friend=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Say no, and phone one's parents if needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 parents	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 parents	cc
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 one	compound
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parents	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Say	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 needed	mark
10	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Say	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	phone one's parents					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	need a condition, not said to happen	participle	you not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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