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title: Identify the principal reason for which a thank-you message is sent… — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a thank-you message is sent when a present arrives by post. Exam question 2 of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

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Identify the principal reason for which a thank-you message is sent when a present arrives by post.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, present · **What happens:** identify, send, arrive · **To what, where:** principal reason, thank message

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a thank-you message is sent when a present arrives by post.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	flat	_	_
11	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | present · passive |  | a thank message |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **arrive** | present | a present |  |  |  |  | by post | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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So the postal service may record its delivery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e2:o1:1
# text = So the postal service may record its delivery
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | may | the postal service | service's delivery |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delivery=Theme |
| 2 | **deliver** |  | service |  |  |  |  |  | nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So that a further present may be requested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e2:o2:1
# text = So that a further present may be requested
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | may · passive |  | a further present |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient |

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

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So the giver knows it arrived and that it was liked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e2:o3:1
# text = So the giver knows it arrived and that it was liked
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	liked	like	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 | **know** | present | the giver |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | giver |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **like** | past · passive |  | giver |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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So the parcel may be returned if unwanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e2:o4:1
# text = So the parcel may be returned if unwanted
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | may · passive |  | the parcel |  |  |  | unwanted *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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