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description: Identify the principal purpose of agreeing a meeting point prior to entering a large crowd. Exam question 2 of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 2 · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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Identify the principal purpose of agreeing a meeting point prior to entering a large crowd.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal purpose, meeting point · **What happens:** identify, agree, enter · **To what, where:** principal purpose, meeting point, large crowd

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of agreeing a meeting point prior to entering a large crowd.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	crowd	crowd	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 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund | the principal purpose *not said here* | a meeting point |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic |
| 3 | **enter** | gerund | a meeting point *not said here* | a large crowd |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crowd=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It ensures the party departs before the crowd and avoids the queues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:e2:o1:1
# text = It ensures the party departs before the crowd and avoids the queues
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ensures	ensure	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	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	queues	queue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **depart** | present | the party |  |  |  | before the crowd |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **avoid** | present |  | the queues |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent queue=Location |

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

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A place to reunite should the party become separated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:e2:o2:1
# text = A place to reunite should the party become separated
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reunite	reunite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	separated	separate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reunite** | to-infinitive | a place *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | should | a place |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **separate** | participle | a place *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It reduces the cost of admission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:e2:o3:1
# text = It reduces the cost of admission
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reduces	reduce	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	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | It | the cost of admission |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | admission |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It secures a superior view of the event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:e2:o4:1
# text = It secures a superior view of the event
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | present | It | a superior view of the event |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition view=Theme |
| 2 | **view** |  |  | the event |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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