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# Exam question 1 · «Only one left!»: shops and adverts

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Identify the principal purpose of a notice declaring that an item constitutes «the last one» available.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, notice, item · **What happens:** identify, declare, constitute, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, last one

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» 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/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of a notice declaring that an item constitutes «the last one» available.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	declaring	declare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of a notice |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | a notice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **constitute** | present | a item | the last one |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Pivot |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | a notice |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To induce the customer to purchase without deliberation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e1:o1:1
# text = To induce the customer to purchase without deliberation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	induce	induce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | to-infinitive |  | the customer |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Patient |
| 2 | **purchase** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without deliberation | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To comply with a statutory requirement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e1:o2:1
# text = To comply with a statutory requirement
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	statutory	statutory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a statutory requirement | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To inform the customer of an accurate count of the remaining stock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e1:o3:1
# text = To inform the customer of an accurate count of the remaining stock
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	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the customer of a accurate count of the remaining stock |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent customer=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To restrict purchases to one per customer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e1:o4:1
# text = To restrict purchases to one per customer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	restrict	restrict	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | to-infinitive |  | purchases |  |  |  | to one per customer *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer purchase=Patient to customer=Goal |

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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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