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# Exam question 3 · Growing apart

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Given that two friends quarrel repeatedly over the choice of activities, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, Given two friends · **What happens:** give, friend, quarrel, ascertain, preserve · **To what, where:** course, friendship

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e3:1
# text = Given that two friends quarrel repeatedly over the choice of activities, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
17	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **friend** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **quarrel** | present | Given two friends |  |  |  |  | over the choice of activities; repeatedly *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over choice=Theme |
| 4 | **ascertain** | present | Given two friends *not said here* | the course |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 5 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | Given two friends *not said here* | friends's friendship |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary |

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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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A calm discussion and an agreement to alternate choices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e3:o1:1
# text = A calm discussion and an agreement to alternate choices
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	alternate	alternate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	choices	choice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alternate** | to-infinitive |  | choices |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The referral of every choice to a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e3:o2:1
# text = The referral of every choice to a teacher
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referral	referral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The permanent surrender of choice by one party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e3:o3:1
# text = The permanent surrender of choice by one party
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** |  | one party | choice |  |  |  |  | nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Continued silence on both sides until the matter resolves itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:e3:o4:1
# text = Continued silence on both sides until the matter resolves itself
1	Continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  | silence |  | both sides |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent silence=Theme |
| 2 | **resolve** | present | the matter | matter |  |  |  |  | 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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