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title: It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a cla… — Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate. State the conduct most conducive to that end. Exam question 4 of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily

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It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate. State the conduct most conducive to that end.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, wish, signify, state · **To what, where:** It, friendly regard, conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» 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/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil wishes to signify friendly regard for a classmate.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	signify	signify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **signify** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | friendly regard |  |  |  | for a classmate | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot regard=Theme for classmate=Attribute |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the conduct most conducive to that end.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:2
# text = State the conduct most conducive to that end.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A hazardous display of skill before the classmate in the playground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:o1:1
# text = A hazardous display of skill before the classmate in the playground
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** |  |  | skill |  |  | before the classmate in the playground |  | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient before=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The repeated pulling of the classmate's hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:o2:1
# text = The repeated pulling of the classmate's hair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	pulling	pulling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pull** |  |  | the classmate's hair |  |  |  |  | nom pulling «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A greeting, a kind remark or the sharing of a snack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:o3:1
# text = A greeting, a kind remark or the sharing of a snack
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The concealment of the classmate's belongings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily:e4:o4:1
# text = The concealment of the classmate's belongings
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	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	belongings	belonging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** |  |  | the classmate's belongings |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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