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title: Ascertain the customary procedure in the preparation of a large mural. — Street art and graffiti: legal walls v… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the customary procedure in the preparation of a large mural. Exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism» of the arts 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 · Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism

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Ascertain the customary procedure in the preparation of a large mural.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, prepare · **To what, where:** customary procedure, preparation, large mural

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism» 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/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the customary procedure in the preparation of a large mural.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mural	mural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 customary procedure |  | the preparation of a large mural |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |
| 2 | **prepare** |  |  | a large mural |  |  |  |  | nom preparation «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A sketch, a grid for enlargement and the agreement of the owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism:e4:o1:1
# text = A sketch, a grid for enlargement and the agreement of the owner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sketch	sketch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grid	grid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** |  | the owner |  |  |  |  |  | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spontaneous painting without design or consent of any party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism:e4:o2:1
# text = Spontaneous painting without design or consent of any party
1	Spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** |  |  | any party |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Painting by night to avoid observation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism:e4:o3:1
# text = Painting by night to avoid observation
1	Painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | observation |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent observation=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The copying of an advertisement without permission of its owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism:e4:o4:1
# text = The copying of an advertisement without permission of its owner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** |  |  | a advertisement without permission of permission's owner |  |  |  |  | nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **permit** |  |  | permission's owner |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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