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title: Ascertain the conduct most appropriate prior to dismantling a model… — Lego builds: instructions vs your own… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the conduct most appropriate prior to dismantling a model constructed by another member of the household. Exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 4 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

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Ascertain the conduct most appropriate prior to dismantling a model constructed by another member of the household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, dismantle, construct · **To what, where:** conduct, model

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conduct most appropriate prior to dismantling a model constructed by another member of the household.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	dismantling	dismantle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **dismantle** | gerund | you *not said here* | a model |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent model=Patient |
| 3 | **construct** | participle |  | a model *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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A demand for payment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e4:o1:1
# text = A demand for payment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The seeking of that person's permission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e4:o2:1
# text = The seeking of that person's permission
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seeking	seeking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** |  |  | that person's permission |  |  |  |  | nom seeking «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **permit** |  | that person |  |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The dismantling of the model without notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e4:o3:1
# text = The dismantling of the model without notice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dismantling	dismantling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismantle** |  |  | the model |  |  |  | without notice | nom dismantling «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The concealment of the model's components

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas:e4:o4:1
# text = The concealment of the model's components
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	components	component	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** |  |  | the model's components |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **compose** |  | the model |  |  |  |  |  | nom component «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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