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title: Identify the appropriate response where a group disagrees upon a plan. — Questions, group work and the adults a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appropriate response where a group disagrees upon a plan. Exam question 1 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults 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 was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Questions, group work and the adults at school

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Identify the appropriate response where a group disagrees upon a plan.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, group · **What happens:** identify, disagree · **To what, where:** appropriate response

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults 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/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e1:1
# text = Identify the appropriate response where a group disagrees upon a plan.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	disagrees	disagree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **disagree** | present | a group |  |  |  |  | upon a plan | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Each idea is heard, then a vote or a mixture is tried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e1:o1:1
# text = Each idea is heard, then a vote or a mixture is tried
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	tried	try	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · passive |  | each idea |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **try** | present · passive |  | a vote or a mixture |  |  | then |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The group ceases to work until the teacher intervenes on its behalf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e1:o2:1
# text = The group ceases to work until the teacher intervenes on its behalf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	intervenes	intervene	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the group |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | the group *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **intervene** | present | the teacher |  |  | teacher's behalf |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The member with most friends decides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e1:o3:1
# text = The member with most friends decides
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | the member with most friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The loudest member decides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e1:o4:1
# text = The loudest member decides
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | the loudest member |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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