--- title: Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbo… — Boys who look at Maddie oddly · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbours a fondness for a classmate. Exam question 1 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Boys who look at Maddie oddly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbours a fondness for a classmate. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, associate, harbour · **To what, where:** conduct, fondness This is exam question 1 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e1:1 # text = Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbours a fondness for a classmate. 1 Identify identify 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 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 harbours harbour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fondness fondness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme | | 2 | **associate** | participle | | the conduct *not said here* | | | | with a child; commonly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with child=Co-Patient | | 3 | **harbour** | present | a child | a fondness | | | | for a classmate | tree rules | 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} Open hostility arising from genuine dislike ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e1:o1:1 # text = Open hostility arising from genuine dislike 1 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 hostility hostility NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 arising arise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dislike dislike NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | gerund | Open hostility *not said here* | | | genuine dislike | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Staring, blushing or awkward conduct in the classmate's presence ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e1:o2:1 # text = Staring, blushing or awkward conduct in the classmate's presence 1 Staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 blushing blush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | in the classmate's presence | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in presence=Theme | | 2 | **blush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Formal written declarations of affection to the head teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e1:o3:1 # text = Formal written declarations of affection to the head teacher 1 Formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 declarations declaration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **declare** | | | affection to the head teacher | | | | | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Indifference towards the classmate at all times ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e1:o4:1 # text = Indifference towards the classmate at all times 1 Indifference Indifference PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 towards towards ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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