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title: Given that guests at a sleepover propose a telephone call of a rude… — Sleepovers and inside jokes · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that guests at a sleepover propose a telephone call of a rude nature, ascertain the most appropriate response. Exam question 3 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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 · Sleepovers and inside jokes

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Given that guests at a sleepover propose a telephone call of a rude nature, ascertain the most appropriate response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Given · **What happens:** propose, ascertain, call · **To what, where:** telephone call, appropriate response, rude nature · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e3:1
# text = Given that guests at a sleepover propose a telephone call of a rude nature, ascertain the most appropriate response.
1	Given	give	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
3	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	propose	propose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	19	advmod	_	_
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | infinitive | Given | a telephone call of a rude nature |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme |
| 2 | **ascertain** | infinitive | Given *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 3 | **call** |  |  | a rude nature |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To make the call to a teacher instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e3:o1:1
# text = To make the call to a teacher instead
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the call |  |  |  | to a teacher; instead *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset call=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To compel another guest to make the call

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e3:o2:1
# text = To compel another guest to make the call
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compel	compel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | to-infinitive |  | another guest |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the call |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset call=Product |

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

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To decline to participate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e3:o3:1
# text = To decline to participate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decline	decline	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	participate	participate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **participate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To participate whilst concealing one's identity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e3:o4:1
# text = To participate whilst concealing one's identity
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	participate	participate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	concealing	conceal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **participate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** | gerund |  | one's identity |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=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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