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title: Whereas a participant has requested that a pupil conceal their acqua… — Strangers who want to chat privately · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a participant has requested that a pupil conceal their acquaintance from the pupil's parents, select the response most consistent with established guidance. Exam question 2 of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Strangers who want to chat privately

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Whereas a participant has requested that a pupil conceal their acquaintance from the pupil's parents, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you, their · **What happens:** request, conceal, select, establish, acquaint · **To what, where:** participant, acquaintance, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» 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/410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:e2:1
# text = Whereas a participant has requested that a pupil conceal their acquaintance from the pupil's parents, select the response most consistent with established guidance.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
18	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	22	advmod	_	_
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	amod	_	_
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present · perfect · passive |  | a participant |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **conceal** | infinitive | a pupil | their acquaintance |  |  |  | from the pupil's parents | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Patient from parent=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **acquaint** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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The pupil ought to honour the request in good faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:e2:o1:1
# text = The pupil ought to honour the request in good faith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | ought | the pupil | the request |  | good faith |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The pupil ought to inform his parents without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:e2:o2:1
# text = The pupil ought to inform his parents without delay
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | ought | the pupil |  | pupil's parents |  |  | without delay | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil ought to inform no person whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:e2:o3:1
# text = The pupil ought to inform no person whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | ought | the pupil |  | no person |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The pupil ought first to seek the participant's reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately:e2:o4:1
# text = The pupil ought first to seek the participant's reasons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | ought | the pupil | the participant's reasons |  |  |  | first *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=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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