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title: Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor. — Grown-ups who argue and make up · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Grown-ups who argue and make up

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Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, couple · **What happens:** identify, consult, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, counsellor

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	consulting	consult	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of a couple |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **consult** | gerund | a couple *not said here* | a counsellor |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsellor=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | a couple |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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To obtain a decree of divorce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e1:o1:1
# text = To obtain a decree of divorce
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | a decree of divorce |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decree=Theme |
| 2 | **decree** |  | divorce |  |  |  |  |  | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To be helped to understand one another and resolve disagreements

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e1:o2:1
# text = To be helped to understand one another and resolve disagreements
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	fixed	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	disagreements	disagreement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Theme |
| 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 3 | **resolve** | infinitive |  | disagreements |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To undertake a lengthy course of academic study at a university of their choosing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e1:o3:1
# text = To undertake a lengthy course of academic study at a university of their choosing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	academic	academic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | to-infinitive |  | a lengthy course of academic study |  | a university |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Eventuality |
| 2 | **choose** | gerund | their *= they* | a university *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent university=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To be examined in respect of their hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e1:o4:1
# text = To be examined in respect of their hearing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	examined	examine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | respect of their hearing |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | their hearing |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **hear** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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