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# Exam question 4 · Street gangs and loyalty

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State the action most consistent with the welfare of a child whose sibling appears to be associating with an older group engaged in fighting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sibling · **What happens:** appear, associate, engage · **To what, where:** older group, fighting

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e4:1
# text = State the action most consistent with the welfare of a child whose sibling appears to be associating with an older group engaged in fighting.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	welfare	welfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	associating	associate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	amod	_	_
21	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | sibling |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **associate** | to-infinitive · progressive | sibling *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a older group | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with group=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **engage** | participle |  | a older group *not said here* |  |  |  | in fighting *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in fighting=Goal |

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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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The pursuit of the sibling at night without informing anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e4:o1:1
# text = The pursuit of the sibling at night without informing anyone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | the pursuit of the sibling at night *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **pursue** |  |  | the sibling at night |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The concealment of the matter in order to avoid conflict

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e4:o2:1
# text = The concealment of the matter in order to avoid conflict
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | conflict |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent conflict=Location |
| 2 | **conceal** |  |  | the matter in order |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The joining of the group in order to supervise the sibling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e4:o3:1
# text = The joining of the group in order to supervise the sibling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	fixed	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	supervise	supervise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the group | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **supervise** | to-infinitive |  | the sibling |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent sibling=Eventuality |

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

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The communication of the concern to a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty:e4:o4:1
# text = The communication of the concern to a trusted adult
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **communicate** |  | the concern to a trusted adult |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=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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