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title: Identify the principal reason for informing the adult in charge when… — Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for informing the adult in charge when one leaves a place. Exam question 4 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Exam question 4 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

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Identify the principal reason for informing the adult in charge when one leaves a place.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal reason, one · **What happens:** identify, inform, leave · **To what, where:** principal reason, adult, charge, place

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for informing the adult in charge when one leaves a place.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | the principal reason *not said here* |  | the adult | charge |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **leave** | present | one | a place |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

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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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So that they may close the door behind one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e4:o1:1
# text = So that they may close the door behind one
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | may | they | the door |  |  |  | behind one | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So that they may check one has thanked everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e4:o2:1
# text = So that they may check one has thanked everyone
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	thanked	thank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | may | they | one |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present · perfect |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

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

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So that they know where one is and one stays safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e4:o3:1
# text = So that they know where one is and one stays safe
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	ccomp	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | one |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stay** | present | one |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So that they may arrange a gift for one's family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e4:o4:1
# text = So that they may arrange a gift for one's family
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | may | they | a gift |  |  |  | for one's family | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gift=Product for family=Beneficiary |

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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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