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title: Pursuant to the facts of the lesson, determine the most appropriate… — Homework first? · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the facts of the lesson, determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil who has failed to complete homework owing to an evening of play. Exam question 4 of lesson 419 «Homework first?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 4 · Homework first?

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Pursuant to the facts of the lesson, determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil who has failed to complete homework owing to an evening of play.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil, homework · **What happens:** determine, fail, not complete, owe, conduct · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, homework, pupil

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the facts of the lesson, determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil who has failed to complete homework owing to an evening of play.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	complete	complete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	acl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct of a pupil |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **complete** | to-infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | homework |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
| 4 | **owe** | gerund | homework *not said here* |  |  |  | evening |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **conduct** |  |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To remain silent in the hope it is overlooked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e4:o1:1
# text = To remain silent in the hope it is overlooked
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	overlooked	overlook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the hope |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hope=Location |
| 2 | **overlook** | present · passive | the hope *not said here* | hope |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To furnish a fabricated excuse concerning a pet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e4:o2:1
# text = To furnish a fabricated excuse concerning a pet
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | to-infinitive |  | a fabricated excuse |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Recipient |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | a fabricated excuse *not said here* | a pet |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pet=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To inform the teacher truthfully and complete it promptly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e4:o3:1
# text = To inform the teacher truthfully and complete it promptly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	truthfully	truthfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	complete	complete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	promptly	promptly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the teacher |  |  | truthfully *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **complete** | infinitive |  | teacher |  |  |  | promptly *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To copy the homework of a classmate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:419-homework-first:e4:o4:1
# text = To copy the homework of a classmate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | to-infinitive |  | the homework of a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=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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