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description: Given that a pupil has been summoned by another pupil to «meet at the gate» after school, identify the most appropriate course of action. Exam question 3 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Sam is scared: fear is normal

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Given that a pupil has been summoned by another pupil to «meet at the gate» after school, identify the most appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil · **What happens:** give, summon, meet, identify · **To what, where:** pupil, gate, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e3:1
# text = Given that a pupil has been summoned by another pupil to «meet at the gate» after school, identify the most appropriate course of action.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	summoned	summon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	24	advmod	_	_
24	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **summon** | present · perfect · passive | another pupil | a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | another pupil *not said here* |  |  | the gate | after school |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **identify** | infinitive | another pupil *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

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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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To feign illness on every subsequent school day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e3:o1:1
# text = To feign illness on every subsequent school day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feign	feign	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | to-infinitive |  | illness |  |  | day |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To inform a teacher or parent on the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e3:o2:1
# text = To inform a teacher or parent on the same day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a teacher or parent |  | day |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To attend the meeting in order to resolve matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e3:o3:1
# text = To attend the meeting in order to resolve matters
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attend	attend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	fixed	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  | the meeting |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meeting=Goal |
| 2 | **resolve** | to-infinitive |  | matters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To recruit additional pupils to retaliate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal:e3:o4:1
# text = To recruit additional pupils to retaliate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recruit	recruit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	retaliate	retaliate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recruit** | to-infinitive |  | additional pupils |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |
| 2 | **retaliate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: 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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