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# Exam question 2 · Homework first?

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It is given that a pupil's telephone receives frequent messages during the completion of homework. Select the measure most likely to reduce the time required.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** telephone, you · **What happens:** give, receive, complete, select, reduce, require · **To what, where:** It, frequent messages, homework, measure, time

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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/419-homework-first/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil's telephone receives frequent messages during the completion of homework.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:1
# text = It is given that a pupil's telephone receives frequent messages during the completion of homework.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **receive** | present | a pupil's telephone | frequent messages |  |  | during the completion of homework |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 3 | **complete** |  |  | homework |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the measure most likely to reduce the time required.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:2
# text = Select the measure most likely to reduce the time required.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | the time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The removal of the telephone to another room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:o1:1
# text = The removal of the telephone to another room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	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	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the telephone to another room |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The completion of homework upon the telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:o2:1
# text = The completion of homework upon the telephone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  |  | homework |  |  |  | upon the telephone | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The increase of the telephone's volume

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:o3:1
# text = The increase of the telephone's volume
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The prompt answering of each message received

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e2:o4:1
# text = The prompt answering of each message received
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answering	answer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | the prompt |  |  |  |  | of each message | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | participle | the prompt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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