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title: It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one c… — Boys who look at Maddie oddly · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one classmate to another. State the conduct most consistent with respect for privacy. Exam question 4 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

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It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one classmate to another. State the conduct most consistent with respect for privacy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, discover, address, state · **To what, where:** It, private note, conduct

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one classmate to another.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one classmate to another.
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	discovers	discover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **discover** | present | a pupil | a private note |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic |
| 3 | **address** | participle |  | a private note *not said here* |  |  |  | by one classmate to another | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 consistent with respect for privacy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:2
# text = State the conduct most consistent with respect for privacy.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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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Its submission to the recipient in public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:o1:1
# text = Its submission to the recipient in public
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	submission	submission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	recipient	recipient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **submit** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | to the recipient in public | nom submission «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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

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Its return to the author unread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:o2:1
# text = Its return to the author unread
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	unread	unread	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | to the author | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its perusal prior to delivery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:o3:1
# text = Its perusal prior to delivery
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	perusal	perusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peruse** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | prior delivery | nom perusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent prior=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its circulation among the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly:e4:o4:1
# text = Its circulation among the class
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circulate** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | among the class | nom circulation «communication transitive»: poss=agent among=obl |

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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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