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# Exam question 4 · Mia gets the newest console

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Whereas a pupil's residence has become popular among numerous new visitors, state the course of action most likely to preserve a long-standing friendship.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** residence · **What happens:** become, preserve, stand · **To what, where:** course, standing friendship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e4:1
# text = Whereas a pupil's residence has become popular among numerous new visitors, state the course of action most likely to preserve a long-standing friendship.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
8	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
24	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	amod	_	_
27	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · perfect | a pupil's residence | the course of action |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  | a standing friendship |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The exclusion of all new visitors permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e4:o1:1
# text = The exclusion of all new visitors permanently
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** |  |  | all new visitors |  |  |  |  | nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The provision of the console to the friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e4:o2:1
# text = The provision of the console to the friend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	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	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | the console |  |  |  |  | to the friend | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent to=obl |

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

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The reservation of time exclusively for the long-standing friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e4:o3:1
# text = The reservation of time exclusively for the long-standing friend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reservation	reservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cessation of all social gatherings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:396-mia-gets-the-newest-console:e4:o4:1
# text = The cessation of all social gatherings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | all social gatherings |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event 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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