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title: Identify the principal purpose of the request «I need five minutes». — When grown-ups are tired or worried · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the request «I need five minutes». Exam question 2 of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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 2 · When grown-ups are tired or worried

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Identify the principal purpose of the request «I need five minutes».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I, request · **What happens:** identify, need, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the request «I need five minutes».
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 the request |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  | minute |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the request |  |  |  |  |  | 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 measure the patience of the person waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:e2:o1:1
# text = To measure the patience of the person waiting
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | to-infinitive |  | the patience of the person |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme patience=Value |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To defer the matter until the following day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:e2:o2:1
# text = To defer the matter until the following day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	defer	defer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defer** | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  | day |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent matter=Source |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To indicate that the request has been refused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:e2:o3:1
# text = To indicate that the request has been refused
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **refuse** | present · perfect · passive |  | the request |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To regain composure before attending to the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:e2:o4:1
# text = To regain composure before attending to the matter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	regain	regain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	composure	composure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regain** | to-infinitive |  | composure |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composure=Theme |
| 2 | **attend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the matter | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to matter=Theme |

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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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