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title: Identify the course of action consistent with prudence upon receipt… — When money is tight · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action consistent with prudence upon receipt of an unsolicited message demanding a payment for the release of a parcel. Exam question 2 of lesson 9 «When money is tight» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 2 · When money is tight

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Identify the course of action consistent with prudence upon receipt of an unsolicited message demanding a payment for the release of a parcel.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, unsolicited message · **What happens:** identify, demand, receipt · **To what, where:** course, payment, unsolicited message

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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/9-when-money-is-tight/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action consistent with prudence upon receipt of an unsolicited message demanding a payment for the release of a parcel.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	unsolicited	unsolicited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | a unsolicited message *not said here* | a payment |  |  |  | for the release of a parcel | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme payment=Precondition |
| 3 | **receipt** |  |  | a unsolicited message |  |  |  |  | nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 forward the message to all known contacts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:e2:o1:1
# text = To forward the message to all known contacts
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	forward	forward	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	contacts	contact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | to-infinitive |  | the message |  | all known contacts |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to contact=Destination |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To reply, supplying the card number requested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:e2:o2:1
# text = To reply, supplying the card number requested
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	supplying	supply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **supply** | gerund |  | the card number |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **request** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To remit the sum requested forthwith, it being trivial in amount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:e2:o3:1
# text = To remit the sum requested forthwith, it being trivial in amount
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remit	remit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	trivial	trivial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remit** | to-infinitive | sum *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sum=Theme |
| 2 | **request** | participle |  | the sum *not said here* |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | sum |  |  | amount |  | trivial *property* | tree rules |

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

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Not to follow the link, and to inform a responsible adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:e2:o4:1
# text = Not to follow the link, and to inform a responsible adult
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **follow** | to-infinitive |  | the link |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a responsible adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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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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