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title: Identify the principal reason for which a pupil without a console as… — Left out without a console · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a pupil without a console asserted a dislike of games. Exam question 1 of lesson 399 «Left out without a console» 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 wro
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# Exam question 1 · Left out without a console

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Identify the principal reason for which a pupil without a console asserted a dislike of games.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, assert, dislike · **To what, where:** principal reason, dislike, games

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 399 «Left out without a 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/399-left-out-without-a-console/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a pupil without a console asserted a dislike of games.
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	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	asserted	assert	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **assert** | past | a pupil without a console | a dislike of games |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Theme |
| 3 | **dislike** |  |  | games |  |  |  |  | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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A wish to impress the teaching staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e1:o1:1
# text = A wish to impress the teaching staff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	impress	impress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impress** | to-infinitive |  | the teaching staff |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus staff=Experiencer |

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

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A desire to conceal the feeling of being excluded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e1:o2:1
# text = A desire to conceal the feeling of being excluded
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the feeling |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient |
| 2 | **exclude** | gerund · passive |  | the feeling *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A genuine and lifelong aversion to all play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e1:o3:1
# text = A genuine and lifelong aversion to all play
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	aversion	aversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An instruction from the school to that effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e1:o4:1
# text = An instruction from the school to that effect
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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