--- title: Ascertain the reason for which pupils ask about gaps in their unders… — Questions, group work and the adults a… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which pupils ask about gaps in their understanding. Exam question 4 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 r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Questions, group work and the adults a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Questions, group work and the adults at school Ascertain the reason for which pupils ask about gaps in their understanding. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupils · **What happens:** ascertain, ask, understand · **To what, where:** reason, understanding This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which pupils ask about gaps in their understanding. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | pupils | | | pupils's understanding | | for the reason; about gaps | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about gap=Topic | | 3 | **understand** | | pupils *= pupil* | | | | | | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Questions earn extra marks in the final examination ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e4:o1:1 # text = Questions earn extra marks in the final examination 1 Questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 earn earn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 examination examination NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **earn** | present | Questions | extra marks | | the final examination | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Lessons build upon one another, so gaps grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e4:o2:1 # text = Lessons build upon one another, so gaps grow 1 Lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | Lessons | | | | | upon one | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **grow** | present | gaps | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gaps disappear without any help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e4:o3:1 # text = Gaps disappear without any help 1 Gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | present | Gaps | | | | | without any help | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teachers are offended by silent pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e4:o4:1 # text = Teachers are offended by silent pupils 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 offended offend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offend** | present · passive | silent pupils | Teachers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | **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. 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