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title: Ascertain the course of action most prudent in respect of the purcha… — Concerts, orchestras and live gigs · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of action most prudent in respect of the purchase of tickets for a popular concert. Exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

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Ascertain the course of action most prudent in respect of the purchase of tickets for a popular concert.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, respect, purchase · **To what, where:** course, purchase, tickets

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts 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/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of action most prudent in respect of the purchase of tickets for a popular concert.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the purchase of tickets for a popular concert |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **purchase** |  |  | tickets for a popular concert |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «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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The purchase solely from persons reselling at a profit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e4:o1:1
# text = The purchase solely from persons reselling at a profit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	reselling	resell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resell** | gerund | persons *not said here* |  |  | a profit |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The abandonment of any attempt to attend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e4:o2:1
# text = The abandonment of any attempt to attend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **abandon** |  |  | any attempt |  |  |  |  | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The purchase from any website whatsoever without enquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e4:o3:1
# text = The purchase from any website whatsoever without enquiry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The purchase from the official vendor, with caution towards resold tickets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e4:o4:1
# text = The purchase from the official vendor, with caution towards resold tickets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vendor	vendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	caution	caution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	resold	resell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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