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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process whereby «visiting a sister» becomes «emigrating permanently»? Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process whereby «visiting a sister» becomes «emigrating permanently»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** process · **What happens:** follow, characteris, visit, become, emigrate · **To what, where:** sister

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process whereby «visiting a sister» becomes «emigrating permanently»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
11	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	emigrating	emigrate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
20	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **visit** *in a quote* | gerund |  | a sister |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **become** | present | the process |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **emigrate** *in a quote* | gerund | the process *not said here* |  |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A narrative is progressively altered in successive retellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e1:o1:1
# text = A narrative is progressively altered in successive retellings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	progressively	progressively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	retellings	retelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present · passive |  | a narrative |  | successive retellings |  | progressively *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The listeners have consulted an official record of emigration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e1:o2:1
# text = The listeners have consulted an official record of emigration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	listeners	listener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	emigration	emigration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | present · perfect · passive |  | the listeners |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme record=Attribute |
| 2 | **record** |  |  | emigration |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A narrative is faithfully preserved in successive retellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e1:o3:1
# text = A narrative is faithfully preserved in successive retellings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	retellings	retelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | present · passive |  | a narrative |  | successive retellings |  | faithfully *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The original speaker has deliberately misled her audience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e1:o4:1
# text = The original speaker has deliberately misled her audience
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	misled	mislead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mislead** | present · perfect | the original speaker | speaker's audience |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Patient |

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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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