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# Exam question 1 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

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Identify the principal reason for which the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age is prohibited.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, prohibit · **To what, where:** principal reason, sale

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age is prohibited.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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Minors are unable to open the containers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e1:o1:1
# text = Minors are unable to open the containers
1	Minors	minor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	containers	container	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Minors |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | Minors *not said here* | the containers |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location container=Theme |

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

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The developing body and brain are harmed by alcohol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e1:o2:1
# text = The developing body and brain are harmed by alcohol
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	developing	develop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	harmed	harm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **develop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **harm** | present · passive | alcohol | the developing body and brain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alcoholic beverages are excessively expensive for minors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e1:o3:1
# text = Alcoholic beverages are excessively expensive for minors
1	Alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	minors	minor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Alcoholic beverages |  |  |  |  | for minors; excessively, expensive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flavour is unsuitable for younger palates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:e1:o4:1
# text = The flavour is unsuitable for younger palates
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	palates	palate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the flavour |  |  |  |  | for younger palates; unsuitable *property* | tree rules |

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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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