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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request by an online acquaintance to meet a child without the knowledge of the child's parents? Exam question 3 of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · The fake friend online

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request by an online acquaintance to meet a child without the knowledge of the child's parents?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, meet · **To what, where:** request, child

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a request by an online acquaintance to meet a child without the knowledge of the child's parents?
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	1	nmod	_	_
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	without	without	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	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 |  | a request |  |  |  | by a online acquaintance; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive |  | a child |  |  |  | without the knowledge of the child's parents | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-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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It constitutes a serious indication of danger and must be reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e3:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a serious indication of danger and must 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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
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 | a serious indication of danger |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme indication=Pivot |
| 2 | **report** | must · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **indicate** |  |  | danger |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is acceptable if the meeting place is public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e3:o2:1
# text = It is acceptable if the meeting place is public
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the meeting place |  |  |  |  | public *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is acceptable if a second child attends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e3:o3:1
# text = It is acceptable if a second child attends
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	attends	attend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a second child |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It constitutes an ordinary feature of online friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:447-the-fake-friend-online:e3:o4:1
# text = It constitutes an ordinary feature of online friendship
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a ordinary feature of online friendship |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feature=Pivot |
| 2 | **feature** |  |  | online friendship |  |  |  |  | nom feature «cognition 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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