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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «tomboy»? Exam question 1 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Maddie the tomboy

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «tomboy»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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/378-maddie-the-tomboy/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «tomboy»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tomboy	tomboy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the term and tomboy |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A boy who prefers quiet pursuits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e1:o1:1
# text = A boy who prefers quiet pursuits
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pursuits	pursuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | a boy | quiet pursuits |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pursuit=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A girl disposed towards pursuits commonly, though erroneously, regarded as masculine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e1:o2:1
# text = A girl disposed towards pursuits commonly, though erroneously, regarded as masculine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pursuits	pursuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	erroneously	erroneously	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	masculine	masculine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | participle | a girl |  |  |  |  | towards pursuits; commonly *property* | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **regard** | participle | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as masculine; erroneously *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as masculine=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A girl who is not truly a girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e1:o3:1
# text = A girl who is not truly a girl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | a girl | a girl |  |  |  | truly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A girl who is prohibited by her parents from wearing dresses at any time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e1:o4:1
# text = A girl who is prohibited by her parents from wearing dresses at any time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | girl's parents | a girl |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | girl's parents *not said here* | dresses |  |  | time |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme |

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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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