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title: In respect of the instruction of children in writing, which of the f… — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of the instruction of children in writing, which of the following statements is most accurate? Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · The future: hopes

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In respect of the instruction of children in writing, which of the following statements is most accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, instruct · **To what, where:** respect, children

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI 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/ai/24-future-hopes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:e4:1
# text = In respect of the instruction of children in writing, which of the following statements is most accurate?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	_
18	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  | respect |  | of the instruction of children in writing; of the following statements; accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **instruct** |  |  | children in writing |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Writing remains valuable as an exercise of thought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:e4:o1:1
# text = Writing remains valuable as an exercise of thought
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
3	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | remains |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remains=Theme |
| 2 | **exercise** |  |  | thought |  |  |  |  | nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Writing is required solely of prospective authors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:e4:o2:1
# text = Writing is required solely of prospective authors
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	authors	author	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Writing |  |  |  | of prospective authors; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Writing is to be taught only until machines spell correctly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:e4:o3:1
# text = Writing is to be taught only until machines spell correctly
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spell	spell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Writing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **spell** | present | machines |  |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Writing has been rendered wholly obsolete by machines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:e4:o4:1
# text = Writing has been rendered wholly obsolete by machines
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	obsolete	obsolete	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · perfect · passive | machines | Writing |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **obsolete** | present | machines *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | tree rules |

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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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