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# Exam question 2 · Growing apart

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the abandonment of a cherished pastime in order to retain a friend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, cherish, retain, abandon · **To what, where:** abandonment, friend, cherished pastime

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 464 «Growing apart» 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/464-growing-apart/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the abandonment of a cherished pastime in order to retain a friend?
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	8	obl	_	_
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cherished	cherish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	pastime	pastime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 |  | the abandonment of a cherished pastime in order |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cherish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **retain** | to-infinitive |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **abandon** |  |  | a cherished pastime in order |  |  |  |  | nom abandonment «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is unnecessary, since suitable friends accept one as one is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e2:o1:1
# text = It is unnecessary, since suitable friends accept one as one is
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	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	accept	accept	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unnecessary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accept** | present | suitable friends | one |  |  |  | as one | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent one=Theme as one=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is required by most schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e2:o2:1
# text = It is required by most schools
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | most schools | It |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It invariably restores the friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e2:o3:1
# text = It invariably restores the friendship
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	restores	restore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | present | It | the friendship |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the sole means of retaining any friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e2:o4:1
# text = It is the sole means of retaining any friendship
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **retain** | gerund |  | any friendship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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