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description: Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon becoming stuck on a test question? Exam question 2 of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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 2 · Tests, exams and mistakes

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Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon becoming stuck on a test question?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** appropriate response · **What happens:** follow, constitute, become, stick · **To what, where:** appropriate response, test question

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon becoming stuck on a test question?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	xcomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **constitute** | present |  | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot |
| 3 | **become** | gerund | the appropriate response *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stick** | participle | the appropriate response *not said here* |  |  | a test question |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on question=Destination |

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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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To copy the answer of a neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:e2:o1:1
# text = To copy the answer of a neighbour
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | to-infinitive |  | the answer of a neighbour |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** |  |  | a neighbour |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To remain on it until the time expires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:e2:o2:1
# text = To remain on it until the time expires
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	expires	expire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
| 2 | **expire** | present | the time |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To move on and return to it at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:e2:o3:1
# text = To move on and return to it at the end
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | infinitive |  |  | it |  | at the end |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to it=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To leave the remaining questions blank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes:e2:o4:1
# text = To leave the remaining questions blank
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	blank	blank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the remaining questions |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme |
| 2 | **blank** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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