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# Exam question 2 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

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Whereas a child wishes to walk unaccompanied to school, determine the appropriate preliminary course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** wish, walk, determine · **To what, where:** appropriate preliminary course · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e2:1
# text = Whereas a child wishes to walk unaccompanied to school, determine the appropriate preliminary course of action.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	preliminary	preliminary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | present |  |  |  |  |  | whereas a child | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | unaccompanied *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the appropriate preliminary course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

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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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Obtain parental permission and practise the route with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e2:o1:1
# text = Obtain parental permission and practise the route with them
1	Obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	practise	practise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | imperative | you *not said here* | parental permission |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset permission=Theme |
| 2 | **practise** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the route |  |  |  | with them *= they* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walk the route alone first so as to test it properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e2:o2:1
# text = Walk the route alone first so as to test it properly
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | the route |  |  |  | alone, first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme route=Trajectory |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | route |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Await the permission of a classmate who already walks to school alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e2:o3:1
# text = Await the permission of a classmate who already walks to school alone
1	Await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | imperative | you *not said here* | the permission of a classmate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  | to school *result*; alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result |
| 3 | **permit** |  |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Select whichever route appears to be the shortest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:e2:o4:1
# text = Select whichever route appears to be the shortest
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	det	_	_
3	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shortest	short	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **appear** | present | whichever route |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | whichever route *not said here* |  |  |  |  | short *property* | 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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