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title: State the course of action most consistent with propriety upon learn… — Mean messages, fake ages and sharing p… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the course of action most consistent with propriety upon learning another person's password. Exam question 4 of lesson 363 «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos

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State the course of action most consistent with propriety upon learning another person's password.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, propriety · **What happens:** state, learn · **To what, where:** course, password

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 363 «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos» 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/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e4:1
# text = State the course of action most consistent with propriety upon learning another person's password.
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	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | **learn** | gerund | propriety *not said here* | another person's password |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The password is kept private and not used

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e4:o1:1
# text = The password is kept private and not used
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	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	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	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 | **keep** | present · passive |  | the password |  |  |  | private *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The password is written down for reference

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e4:o2:1
# text = The password is written down for reference
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	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	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | present · passive |  | the password |  |  |  | for reference | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for reference=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The password is shared with trusted friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e4:o3:1
# text = The password is shared with trusted friends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	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	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present · passive |  | the password |  |  |  | with trusted friends | tree rules |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The password is used only to read messages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins:e4:o4:1
# text = The password is used only to read messages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	password	password	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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | the password |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive |  | messages |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |

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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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