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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting? Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · A day at a grown-up's job

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** practice · **What happens:** follow, characteris, commute · **To what, where:** practice

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	commuting	commute	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **commute** | gerund | the practice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Causer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The daily journey between home and workplace, often long owing to housing costs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:e2:o1:1
# text = The daily journey between home and workplace, often long owing to housing costs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	workplace	workplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	housing	housing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	costs	cost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | the daily journey between home and workplace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to housing costs *goal*; long, often *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to cost=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A journey undertaken solely at the employer's expense in order to meet customers abroad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:e2:o2:1
# text = A journey undertaken solely at the employer's expense in order to meet customers abroad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	fixed	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | participle |  | a journey *not said here* |  | the employer's expense |  | solely *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive |  | customers |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The relocation of an office to a different municipality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:e2:o3:1
# text = The relocation of an office to a different municipality
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	municipality	municipality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** |  |  | a office |  |  |  | to a different municipality | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A holiday granted to employees in recognition of long service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:e2:o4:1
# text = A holiday granted to employees in recognition of long service
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | participle |  | a holiday *not said here* |  | recognition of long service |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **recognize** |  |  | long service |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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