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description: It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages. Select the correct characterisation. Exam question 3 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters

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It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages. Select the correct characterisation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** game, you · **What happens:** give, entrust, read, purpose, select · **To what, where:** It, messages, correct characterisation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child, entrusted with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game, read that friend's messages.
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 | **entrust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a friend's telephone for the purpose of a game | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with telephone=Theme |
| 3 | **read** | infinitive |  | that friend's messages |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | a game |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the correct characterisation.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:2
# text = Select the correct characterisation.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	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 correct characterisation |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The friend is responsible for the intrusion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:o1:1
# text = The friend is responsible for the intrusion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	intrusion	intrusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the friend |  |  |  |  | for the intrusion; responsible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The child acted entirely within the permission which had been given

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:o2:1
# text = The child acted entirely within the permission which had been given
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past | the child |  |  |  |  | within the permission; entirely *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | the permission |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The child exceeded the trust granted and acted wrongly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:o3:1
# text = The child exceeded the trust granted and acted wrongly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exceeded	exceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | past | the child | the trust |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot trust=Theme |
| 2 | **grant** | participle |  | the trust *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **act** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No wrong occurred as nothing was altered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e3:o4:1
# text = No wrong occurred as nothing was altered
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occurred	occur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | participle | no wrong |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **alter** | past · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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