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title: Identify the principal purpose for which tests are administered to p… — Honest work at school · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose for which tests are administered to pupils in the course of their schooling. Exam question 1 of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» 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
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# Exam question 1 · Honest work at school

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Identify the principal purpose for which tests are administered to pupils in the course of their schooling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, tests · **What happens:** identify, administer, school · **To what, where:** principal purpose, tests, pupils, course

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» 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/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose for which tests are administered to pupils in the course of their schooling.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	schooling	schooling	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 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **administer** | present · passive |  | tests | pupils | the course of tests's schooling |  | for the principal purpose | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to pupil=Recipient |
| 3 | **school** |  | tests *= test* |  |  |  |  |  | nom schooling «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To rank pupils permanently by their intelligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:e1:o1:1
# text = To rank pupils permanently by their intelligence
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rank	rank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  |  |  | by pupils's intelligence; permanently *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To occupy pupils during the hours of the school day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:e1:o2:1
# text = To occupy pupils during the hours of the school day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	occupy	occupy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  |  | hour |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To identify pupils who are idle and to punish them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:e1:o3:1
# text = To identify pupils who are idle and to punish them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | pupils |  |  |  |  | idle *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | pupils *= pupil* |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To ascertain what a pupil knows so that assistance may be given

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework:e1:o4:1
# text = To ascertain what a pupil knows so that assistance may be given
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | may · passive |  | that assistance |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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