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# Exam question 2 · Mum's card: game money is real money

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Whereas a minor has made a purchase without permission, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** make, select, establish · **To what, where:** minor, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real money» 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/414-mums-card/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e2:1
# text = Whereas a minor has made a purchase without permission, 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	minor	minor	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	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	_
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | a minor |  |  |  | without permission | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary purchase=Product |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 3 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The minor ought to conceal the purchase and await events with patience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e2:o1:1
# text = The minor ought to conceal the purchase and await events with patience
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	await	await	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | ought | the minor | the purchase |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Patient |
| 2 | **await** | present | the minor *not said here* | events |  |  |  | with patience | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The minor ought to attribute the purchase to a sibling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e2:o2:1
# text = The minor ought to attribute the purchase to a sibling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | ought | the minor | the purchase |  |  |  | to a sibling | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The minor ought to make further purchases of equal value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e2:o3:1
# text = The minor ought to make further purchases of equal value
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | ought | the minor | further purchases of equal value |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset purchase=Product |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | equal value |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The minor ought to disclose the purchase to a parent before its discovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e2:o4:1
# text = The minor ought to disclose the purchase to a parent before its discovery
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | ought | the minor | the purchase | a parent |  | before parent's discovery |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent purchase=Topic to parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **discover** |  | parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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