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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a good meeting point? Exam question 1 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together 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
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# Exam question 1 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a good meeting point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** good meeting point

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together 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/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a good meeting point?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a good meeting point |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A particular person in the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:e1:o1:1
# text = A particular person in the crowd
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Easy to find and fixed, such as a big sign or the entrance gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:e1:o2:1
# text = Easy to find and fixed, such as a big sign or the entrance gate
1	Easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any spot chosen after becoming lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:e1:o3:1
# text = Any spot chosen after becoming lost
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | participle |  | any spot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  | any spot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A moving vehicle, such as an ice cream van or a ride that travels about the fair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:e1:o4:1
# text = A moving vehicle, such as an ice cream van or a ride that travels about the fair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | present | a ride |  |  |  |  | about the fair | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fair=Trajectory |

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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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