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title: It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol.… — Interrupting, boasting, your own story… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol. Select the response consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» o
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# Exam question 3 · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…

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It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, offer, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, child, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cigarette	cigarette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	vape	vape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | present · passive |  | a child |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal cigarette=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with established guidance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with established guidance.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«No thanks», and walking away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:o1:1
# text = «No thanks», and walking away
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taking it home for an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:o2:1
# text = Taking it home for an adult
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | for a adult; home *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for adult=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Accepting a single try out of politeness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:o3:1
# text = Accepting a single try out of politeness
1	Accepting	accept	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	politeness	politeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | gerund |  | a single try |  | politeness |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent try=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Accepting it if the giver is older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e3:o4:1
# text = Accepting it if the giver is older
1	Accepting	accept	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Accepting |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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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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