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# Exam question 3 · Younger children, losing and practising

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Select the response consistent with established practice when a child will miss a team practice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** select, establish, miss · **To what, where:** response, team practice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice when a child will miss a team practice.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	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 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **miss** | future | a child | a team practice |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=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 {#o1}

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He informs only a teammate afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e3:o1:1
# text = He informs only a teammate afterwards
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teammate	teammate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | He | a teammate |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teammate=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He informs the coach in advance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e3:o2:1
# text = He informs the coach in advance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | He | the coach |  | advance |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He informs nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e3:o3:1
# text = He informs nobody
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | He |  | nobody |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He leaves the team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e3:o4:1
# text = He leaves the team
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | He | the team |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Theme |

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