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title: Identify the principal purpose served when a group requires a younge… — Street gangs and loyalty · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose served when a group requires a younger member to commit damage in order to «prove loyalty». Exam question 1 of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 1 · Street gangs and loyalty

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Identify the principal purpose served when a group requires a younger member to commit damage in order to «prove loyalty».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, group · **What happens:** identify, serve, require, commit, prove · **To what, where:** principal purpose, younger member, damage, order, loyalty

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose served when a group requires a younger member to commit damage in order to «prove loyalty».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	commit	commit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
21	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  | the principal purpose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **require** | present | a group | a younger member |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme member=Precondition |
| 4 | **commit** | to-infinitive |  | damage |  | order |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent damage=Theme in order=Destination |
| 5 | **prove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | loyalty |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The group protects the member from harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e1:o1:1
# text = The group protects the member from harm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | the group | the member |  |  |  | from harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent member=Beneficiary from harm=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The group assesses the member's courage in a fair and impartial manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e1:o2:1
# text = The group assesses the member's courage in a fair and impartial manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	assesses	assess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	impartial	impartial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** | present | the group | the member's courage |  | a fair manner |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The group secures the member's participation in harmful acts for its own ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e1:o3:1
# text = The group secures the member's participation in harmful acts for its own ends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | present | the group | the member's participation |  | harmful acts for group's own ends |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition participation=Theme |
| 2 | **participate** |  | the member |  |  |  |  |  | nom participation «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The group instructs the member in lawful conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e1:o4:1
# text = The group instructs the member in lawful conduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	instructs	instruct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | the group | the member |  | lawful conduct |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient |

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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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