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description: Whereas a newcomer is unacquainted with a game, state the response most consistent with the established facts. Exam question 4 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'
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# Exam question 4 · Left out without a console

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Whereas a newcomer is unacquainted with a game, state the response most consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** newcomer · **What happens:** be, establish

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e4:1
# text = Whereas a newcomer is unacquainted with a game, state the response most consistent with the established facts.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unacquainted	unacquainted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a newcomer |  |  |  |  | with a game; unacquainted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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}

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Exclusion of the newcomer until proficiency is attained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e4:o1:1
# text = Exclusion of the newcomer until proficiency is attained
1	Exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present · passive |  | Exclusion of the newcomer until proficiency |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **exclude** |  |  | the newcomer until proficiency |  |  |  |  | nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Instruction of the newcomer, all experts having once been beginners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e4:o2:1
# text = Instruction of the newcomer, all experts having once been beginners
1	Instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
8	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
11	beginners	beginner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | all experts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | participle |  | beginners |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **instruct** |  |  | the newcomer |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Permanent assignment of the newcomer to the role of observer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e4:o3:1
# text = Permanent assignment of the newcomer to the role of observer
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	assignment	assignment	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	newcomer	newcomer	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	role	role	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	observer	observer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** |  |  | the newcomer to the role of observer |  |  |  |  | nom assignment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Requirement that the newcomer purchase the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:399-left-out-without-a-console:e4:o4:1
# text = Requirement that the newcomer purchase the game
1	Requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	purchase	purchase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | present | Requirement | the game |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Theme |

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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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