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description: Identify the principal reason for which the parent informed the child that the ice-cream vehicle's music signified the exhaustion of its stock. Exam question 1 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van

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Identify the principal reason for which the parent informed the child that the ice-cream vehicle's music signified the exhaustion of its stock.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parent, music · **What happens:** identify, inform, signify, exhaust, stock · **To what, where:** principal reason, child, exhaustion, stock

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the parent informed the child that the ice-cream vehicle's music signified the exhaustion of its stock.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	informed	inform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	signified	signify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the parent |  | the child |  |  | for the principal reason | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 3 | **signify** | past | the cream vehicle's music | the exhaustion of music's stock |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot exhaustion=Theme |
| 4 | **exhaust** |  |  | music's stock |  |  |  |  | nom exhaustion «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **stock** |  | music |  |  |  |  |  | nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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To comply with the regulations of the vendor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:e1:o1:1
# text = To comply with the regulations of the vendor
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vendor	vendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the regulations of the vendor | tree rules |
| 2 | **regulate** |  |  | the vendor |  |  |  |  | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To teach the child to recognise music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:e1:o2:1
# text = To teach the child to recognise music
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the child |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **recognise** | to-infinitive |  | music |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To protect the child from a dangerous vehicle in the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:e1:o3:1
# text = To protect the child from a dangerous vehicle in the road
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | the child |  |  | in the road; from a dangerous vehicle | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary from vehicle=Theme |

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

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To avoid repeated purchases and consequent disputes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van:e1:o4:1
# text = To avoid repeated purchases and consequent disputes
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	consequent	consequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | repeated purchases and consequent disputes |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent purchase=Location |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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