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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises regional expressions addressed to a newcomer, such as «Alright, la?»? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · The new kid and the first day

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises regional expressions addressed to a newcomer, such as «Alright, la?»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, address · **To what, where:** regional expressions

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises regional expressions addressed to a newcomer, such as «Alright, la?»?
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	regional	regional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	expressions	expression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	21	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Alright	alright	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 |  | regional expressions |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **address** | participle |  | regional expressions *not said here* |  |  |  | to a newcomer | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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They indicate that a fight is imminent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e3:o1:1
# text = They indicate that a fight is imminent
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | a fight |  |  |  |  | imminent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are invariably intended as insults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e3:o2:1
# text = They are invariably intended as insults
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | as insults; invariably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Topic as insult=Attribute |

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

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They are frequently friendly though they may sound otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e3:o3:1
# text = They are frequently friendly though they may sound otherwise
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | frequently, friendly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | may | they |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They should be reported to the head teacher at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:e3:o4:1
# text = They should be reported to the head teacher at once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | should · passive |  | They | the head teacher |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to teacher=Recipient |

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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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