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description: Ascertain the purpose of minimum age and height requirements applicable to amusement rides. Exam question 4 of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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 wr
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# Exam question 4 · Excuses and the lies that grow

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Ascertain the purpose of minimum age and height requirements applicable to amusement rides.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, minimum age · **What happens:** ascertain, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of minimum age and height requirements applicable to amusement rides.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	applicable	applicable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	rides	ride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of minimum age and height requirements |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | minimum age and height requirements |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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They serve no purpose whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e4:o1:1
# text = They serve no purpose whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They | no purpose |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute |

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

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They serve to protect the safety of riders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e4:o2:1
# text = They serve to protect the safety of riders
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the safety of riders |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent safety=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They serve exclusively to increase the revenue of the operator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e4:o3:1
# text = They serve exclusively to increase the revenue of the operator
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	revenue	revenue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	operator	operator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **increase** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the revenue of the operator |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer revenue=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They serve solely to diminish the enjoyment of younger children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow:e4:o4:1
# text = They serve solely to diminish the enjoyment of younger children
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	diminish	diminish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They |  |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **diminish** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the enjoyment of younger children |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer enjoyment=Patient |
| 3 | **enjoy** |  |  | younger children |  |  |  |  | nom enjoyment «feeling 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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