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title: Identify the action most likely to relieve the isolation of a pupil… — The new kid and the first day · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the action most likely to relieve the isolation of a pupil who joins a school midway through the year. Exam question 1 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 1 · The new kid and the first day

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Identify the action most likely to relieve the isolation of a pupil who joins a school midway through the year.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, relieve, join, isolate · **To what, where:** action, isolation, school midway, pupil

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e1:1
# text = Identify the action most likely to relieve the isolation of a pupil who joins a school midway through the year.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	isolation	isolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	midway	midway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the action |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 2 | **relieve** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the isolation of a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus isolation=Experiencer |
| 3 | **join** | present | a pupil | a school midway |  |  | year |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent midway=Patient |
| 4 | **isolate** |  |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | nom isolation «state 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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The suggestion that she read the notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e1:o1:1
# text = The suggestion that she read the notices
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	notices	notice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | she | the notices |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A simple invitation to participate in play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e1:o2:1
# text = A simple invitation to participate in play
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	participate	participate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **participate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | in play | vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in play=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The recommendation that she wait for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e1:o3:1
# text = The recommendation that she wait for others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recommendation	recommendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive | she | the recommendation *not said here* |  |  |  | for others | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A public enquiry as to why she is alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e1:o4:1
# text = A public enquiry as to why she is alone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | 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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