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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footwear in a Chinese household. Exam question 2 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footwear in a Chinese household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, footwear, Chinese household

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street 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/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footwear in a Chinese household.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	footwear	footwear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | footwear |  | a Chinese household |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus footwear=Experiencer |

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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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Outdoor shoes are removed and the slippers provided are worn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e2:o1:1
# text = Outdoor shoes are removed and the slippers provided are worn
1	Outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | Outdoor shoes |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **provide** | past | the slippers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **wear** | present · passive |  | the slippers |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shoes are removed only in the presence of grandparents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e2:o2:1
# text = Shoes are removed only in the presence of grandparents
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present · passive |  | Shoes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Outdoor shoes are customarily retained throughout the entire visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e2:o3:1
# text = Outdoor shoes are customarily retained throughout the entire visit
1	Outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present · passive |  | Outdoor shoes |  |  | throughout the entire visit | customarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Guests are expected to bring their own slippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e2:o4:1
# text = Guests are expected to bring their own slippers
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | present · passive |  | Guests |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Guests *not said here* | Guests's own slippers |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent slipper=Theme |

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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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