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title: Identify the principal reason for which a person encountered exclusi… — The fake friend online · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a person encountered exclusively online may profess to share all of a child's interests. Exam question 1 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · The fake friend online

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Identify the principal reason for which a person encountered exclusively online may profess to share all of a child's interests.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person, principal reason, child · **What happens:** identify, encounter, profess, share, interest · **To what, where:** all

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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/447-the-fake-friend-online/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a person encountered exclusively online may profess to share all of a child's interests.
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	13	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	online	online	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	profess	profess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	interests	interest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | past | a person |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; exclusively, online *property* | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **profess** | may | the principal reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **share** | to-infinitive | the principal reason *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **interest** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition 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 demonstrate genuine friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e1:o1:1
# text = To demonstrate genuine friendship
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | to-infinitive |  | genuine friendship |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friendship=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To gain the child's trust for an improper purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e1:o2:1
# text = To gain the child's trust for an improper purpose
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gain	gain	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	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	improper	improper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | to-infinitive |  | the child's trust |  |  |  | for a improper purpose | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent trust=Theme for purpose=Source |
| 2 | **trust** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To recommend suitable games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e1:o3:1
# text = To recommend suitable games
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	recommend	recommend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | to-infinitive |  | suitable games |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To comply with the rules of the platform

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e1:o4:1
# text = To comply with the rules of the platform
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	rules	rule	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	platform	platform	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 rules of the platform | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** |  | the platform |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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