--- title: Determine the purpose of questioning two persons separately as to mi… — Stories that change · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the purpose of questioning two persons separately as to minor particulars of a shared event. Exam question 4 of lesson 449 «Stories that change» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Stories that change](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Stories that change Determine the purpose of questioning two persons separately as to minor particulars of a shared event. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purpose · **What happens:** determine, question, share · **To what, where:** purpose, two persons This is exam question 4 of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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/449-stories-that-change/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:e4:1 # text = Determine the purpose of questioning two persons separately as to minor particulars of a shared event. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 questioning question VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 separately separately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 minor minor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 particulars particular NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic | | 2 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | | two persons | | | as minor particulars of a shared event; separately *property* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent person=Recipient as particular=Attribute | | 3 | **share** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} To discover which of them is older ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:e4:o1:1 # text = To discover which of them is older 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To punish both persons equally ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:e4:o2:1 # text = To punish both persons equally 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 punish punish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 equally equally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive | | both persons | | | | equally *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} To prevent them from eating lunch together ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:e4:o3:1 # text = To prevent them from eating lunch together 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 prevent prevent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | lunch | | | | together *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To ascertain whether their recollections agree in detail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:e4:o4:1 # text = To ascertain whether their recollections agree in detail 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 recollections recollection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 detail detail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | their recollections | | | detail | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **recollect** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom recollection «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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