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title: Identify the principal reason for which a child engaged in play perc… — Whose turn is it? · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a child engaged in play perceives a lengthy turn as brief. Exam question 1 of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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 was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Whose turn is it?

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Identify the principal reason for which a child engaged in play perceives a lengthy turn as brief.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, engage, perceive · **To what, where:** principal reason, child, play, lengthy turn

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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/397-whose-turn-is-it/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child engaged in play perceives a lengthy turn as brief.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	brief	brief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **engage** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  |  |  | in play *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in play=Goal |
| 3 | **perceive** | present | a child | a lengthy turn |  |  |  | for the principal reason; as brief | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent turn=Theme as brief=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game had deliberately misreported the time to the players

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:e1:o1:1
# text = The game had deliberately misreported the time to the players
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	misreported	misreport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **misreport** | past · perfect · passive |  | the game |  |  | time | to the players; deliberately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child was attempting to deceive the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:e1:o2:1
# text = The child was attempting to deceive the others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	attempting	attempt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attempt** | past · progressive | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **deceive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | the others |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Time is perceived as passing more quickly during enjoyable activity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:e1:o3:1
# text = Time is perceived as passing more quickly during enjoyable activity
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | present · passive |  | Time |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  |  | during enjoyable activity | quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The clocks in the household were inaccurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:397-whose-turn-is-it:e1:o4:1
# text = The clocks in the household were inaccurate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the clocks in the household |  |  |  |  | inaccurate *property* | tree rules |

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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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