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title: State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a per… — Spending money online without asking · tree and pragmatics
description: State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person met only online requests a child's home address. Exam question 4 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Spending money online without asking

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State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person met only online requests a child's home address.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person, child · **What happens:** state, meet, address · **To what, where:** course, online requests

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e4:1
# text = State the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person met only online requests a child's home address.
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	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	requests	request	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | **meet** | past | a person | online requests  a child's home address |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **address** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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Only the street is supplied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e4:o1:1
# text = Only the street is supplied
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present · passive |  | the street |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The address is supplied if the person seems friendly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e4:o2:1
# text = The address is supplied if the person seems friendly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present · passive |  | the address |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the person |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The address is supplied after a week of acquaintance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e4:o3:1
# text = The address is supplied after a week of acquaintance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present · passive |  | the address |  |  | week |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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

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The address is withheld and a trusted adult informed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:e4:o4:1
# text = The address is withheld and a trusted adult informed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	withheld	withhold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | present · passive |  | the address |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle | a trusted adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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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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