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description: Ascertain the components of a complete two-mark answer to a prediction question. Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Prediction: what happens next

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Ascertain the components of a complete two-mark answer to a prediction question.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, compose · **To what, where:** components, complete mark answer

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the components of a complete two-mark answer to a prediction question.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	components	component	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	prediction	prediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 components of a complete mark answer to a prediction question |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent component=Topic |
| 2 | **compose** |  |  | a complete mark answer to a prediction question |  |  |  |  | nom component «cognition 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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A personal opinion of the author, offered without supporting evidence from the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:e3:o1:1
# text = A personal opinion of the author, offered without supporting evidence from the text
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | participle · passive |  | a personal opinion of the author |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **support** | gerund |  | evidence |  | the text |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus |
| 3 | **opine** |  |  | the author |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A summary of the whole book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:e3:o2:1
# text = A summary of the whole book
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	summary	summary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A predicted event and supporting evidence from the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:e3:o3:1
# text = A predicted event and supporting evidence from the text
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	predicted	predict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **support** | gerund |  | evidence |  | the text |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A predicted event only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:e3:o4:1
# text = A predicted event only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	predicted	predict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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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