--- title: Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group… — The lunchroom and school trips · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group on a trip. Exam question 4 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/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/) / [The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The lunchroom and school trips Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group on a trip. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, separate · **To what, where:** course, pupil This is exam question 4 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group on a trip. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action | | | | for a pupil | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary | | 2 | **separate** | participle | | a pupil *not said here* | | | | on a trip; from pupil's group | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from group=Co-Patient | 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} He goes home by himself on public transport ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e4:o1:1 # text = He goes home by himself on public transport 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 transport transport NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | He | | | public transport | | by himself *= he*; home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by himself=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He hides until found ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e4:o2:1 # text = He hides until found 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | He | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He follows a stranger out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e4:o3:1 # text = He follows a stranger out 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow out** | present | He | a stranger | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He informs the teacher or a member of staff without delay ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e4:o4:1 # text = He informs the teacher or a member of staff without delay 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 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 without without ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | He | | the teacher or a member of staff | | | without delay | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | **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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