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description: It is given that a child related a fictitious ghost story as true at a sleepover, whereupon another child requested to be collected at three o'clock in the morning. Determine the conduct most appropriate. Exam question 4 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» of the everyday course of
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# Exam question 4 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

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It is given that a child related a fictitious ghost story as true at a sleepover, whereupon another child requested to be collected at three o'clock in the morning. Determine the conduct most appropriate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, relate, request, collect, determine · **To what, where:** It, fictitious ghost story, three o'clock, conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child related a fictitious ghost story as true at a sleepover, whereupon another child requested to be collected at three o'clock in the morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:1
# text = It is given that a child related a fictitious ghost story as true at a sleepover, whereupon another child requested to be collected at three o'clock in the morning.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	related	relate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
19	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	xcomp	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	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 | **relate** | past | a child | a fictitious ghost story |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 3 | **request** | participle | another child |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **collect** | to-infinitive · passive | another child *not said here* |  |  | three o'clock | morning |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

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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:* Determine the conduct most appropriate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:2
# text = Determine the conduct most appropriate.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To refrain from apologising

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:o1:1
# text = To refrain from apologising
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	apologising	apologise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To relate stories of a more frightening character on later occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:o2:1
# text = To relate stories of a more frightening character on later occasions
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	relate	relate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | to-infinitive |  | stories of a frightening character |  | later occasions |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To state in advance that the story is invented

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:o3:1
# text = To state in advance that the story is invented
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | advance |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **invent** | present · passive |  | the story |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To insist thereafter that the story was true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e4:o4:1
# text = To insist thereafter that the story was true
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	insist	insist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | thereafter *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the story |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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