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title: Identify the principal distinction between a university course and a… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal distinction between a university course and an apprenticeship as established in this lesson. Exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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 2 · Money, work and the big choices

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Identify the principal distinction between a university course and an apprenticeship as established in this lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, establish · **To what, where:** principal distinction, lesson

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal distinction between a university course and an apprenticeship as established in this lesson.
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	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	apprenticeship	apprenticeship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 distinction and a apprenticeship |  |  |  | between a university course | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | this lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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An apprentice learns a trade at work while being paid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e2:o1:1
# text = An apprentice learns a trade at work while being paid
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | a apprentice | a trade |  | work |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund · passive | a apprentice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An apprenticeship confers no prospect of a career

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e2:o2:1
# text = An apprenticeship confers no prospect of a career
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apprenticeship	apprenticeship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	prospect	prospect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present | a apprenticeship | no prospect of a career |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prospect** |  |  | a career |  |  |  |  | nom prospect «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A university student is paid a wage from the outset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e2:o3:1
# text = A university student is paid a wage from the outset
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wage	wage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	outset	outset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | a university student |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient wage=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A university course involves no financial cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e2:o4:1
# text = A university course involves no financial cost
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	involves	involve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **involve** | present | a university course | no financial cost |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=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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