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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises memb… — The older kid's «trade» · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises membership of a group conditional upon weekly payment? Exam question 3 of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · The older kid's «trade»

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises membership of a group conditional upon weekly payment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** membership

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises membership of a group conditional upon weekly payment?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	conditional	conditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | membership of a group |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately, conditional *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It constitutes a school regulation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:e3:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a school regulation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a school regulation |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme regulation=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes a fair exchange of services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:e3:o2:1
# text = It constitutes a fair exchange of services
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a fair exchange of services |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exchange=Pivot |
| 2 | **exchange** |  |  | services |  |  |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It constitutes taking rather than friendship and ought to be reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:e3:o3:1
# text = It constitutes taking rather than friendship and ought to be reported
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	6	cc	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **report** | ought · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It constitutes a customary condition of friendship among older pupils at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:e3:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a customary condition of friendship among older pupils at school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a customary condition of friendship |  | school |  | among older pupils | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme condition=Pivot |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | friendship |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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