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description: Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a pupil is unable to see the board? Exam question 2 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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 w
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# Exam question 2 · Growing, seeing and hearing

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Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a pupil is unable to see the board?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil · **What happens:** follow, be, see · **To what, where:** board

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a pupil is unable to see the board?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the appropriate action | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | the board |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer board=Stimulus |

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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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To inform a teacher and a parent, as an eye test may be needed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e2:o1:1
# text = To inform a teacher and a parent, as an eye test may be needed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a teacher and a parent |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **need** | may · passive |  | a eye test |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To copy from a neighbour's book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e2:o2:1
# text = To copy from a neighbour's book
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a neighbour's book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To strain the eyes until they adapt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e2:o3:1
# text = To strain the eyes until they adapt
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	strain	strain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	adapt	adapt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strain** | to-infinitive |  | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source |
| 2 | **adapt** | present | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To sit nearer and inform nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e2:o4:1
# text = To sit nearer and inform nobody
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	inform	inform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present |  |  | nobody |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

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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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