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title: State the course of action most consistent with propriety in respect… — Snooping on phones, diaries and letters · tree and pragmatics
description: State the course of action most consistent with propriety in respect of a sealed school report addressed to a pupil's parents. Exam question 4 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters

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State the course of action most consistent with propriety in respect of a sealed school report addressed to a pupil's parents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, seal, address, respect · **To what, where:** course, sealed school report

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e4:1
# text = State the course of action most consistent with propriety in respect of a sealed school report addressed to a pupil's parents.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	propriety	propriety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **address** | participle |  | a sealed school report *not said here* |  |  |  | to a pupil's parents | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a sealed school report |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It is read aloud to classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e4:o1:1
# text = It is read aloud to classmates
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	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present · passive |  | It | classmates |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to classmate=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is opened and resealed by the pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e4:o2:1
# text = It is opened and resealed by the pupil
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	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	resealed	reseal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reseal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the pupil | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is retained by the pupil until the holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e4:o3:1
# text = It is retained by the pupil until the holidays
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	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present · passive | the pupil | It |  |  | until the holidays |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is delivered unopened to the parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e4:o4:1
# text = It is delivered unopened to the parents
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	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	unopened	unopened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | present · passive |  | It | the parents |  |  | unopened *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination |

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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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