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description: Determine the most appropriate response to a text message from an unfamiliar number, purporting to be from one's child and requesting money. Exam question 4 of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · The check that settles it

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Determine the most appropriate response to a text message from an unfamiliar number, purporting to be from one's child and requesting money.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, purport, be, request · **To what, where:** appropriate response, money

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e4:1
# text = Determine the most appropriate response to a text message from an unfamiliar number, purporting to be from one's child and requesting money.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	purporting	purport	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	ccomp	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
24	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  | to a text message from a unfamiliar number | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **purport** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from one's child | tree rules |
| 4 | **request** | gerund | you *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent money=Recipient |

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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 reply requesting further details of the emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e4:o1:1
# text = To reply requesting further details of the emergency
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | requesting further details of the emergency |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent detail=Topic |
| 2 | **request** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **detail** |  |  | the emergency |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To transmit half the sum requested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e4:o2:1
# text = To transmit half the sum requested
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | to-infinitive |  | half sum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **request** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To contact the child by the number already known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e4:o3:1
# text = To contact the child by the number already known
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	contact	contact	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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contact** | to-infinitive |  | the child |  |  |  | by the number | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | the number *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To transmit the money without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:e4:o4:1
# text = To transmit the money without delay
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | to-infinitive |  | the money |  |  |  | without delay | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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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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