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description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "a little flutter". Exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 3 · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "a little flutter".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» 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/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "a little flutter".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flutter	flutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A severe addiction to gambling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:e3:o1:1
# text = A severe addiction to gambling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	addiction	addiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gambling	gambling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A loan obtained in order to gamble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:e3:o2:1
# text = A loan obtained in order to gamble
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	gamble	gamble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | participle |  | a loan *not said here* |  | order |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **gamble** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A small wager placed for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:e3:o3:1
# text = A small wager placed for amusement
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | participle |  | a small wager *not said here* |  |  |  | for amusement | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A feeling of nervousness before a race

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:e3:o4:1
# text = A feeling of nervousness before a race
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nervousness	nervousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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