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# Exam question 3 · Joining a game, and the shy kid

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of remarking publicly upon a pupil's quietness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect · **What happens:** follow, characteris, remark · **To what, where:** effect

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of remarking publicly upon a pupil's quietness?
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	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	remarking	remark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	quietness	quietness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 effect |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remark** *speech: assert* | gerund | the effect *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon a pupil's quietness; publicly *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: 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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It has no effect whatsoever upon the pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:e3:o1:1
# text = It has no effect whatsoever upon the pupil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no effect |  |  |  | upon the pupil; whatsoever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is the recommended method of befriending a shy pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:e3:o2:1
# text = It is the recommended method of befriending a shy pupil
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	5	det	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	befriending	befriend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | the recommended method |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **befriend** | gerund | the recommended method *not said here* | a shy pupil |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It invariably encourages the pupil to speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:e3:o3:1
# text = It invariably encourages the pupil to speak
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	encourages	encourage	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	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | present | It | the pupil |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It tends to embarrass the pupil and to increase his withdrawal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid:e3:o4:1
# text = It tends to embarrass the pupil and to increase his withdrawal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **embarrass** | to-infinitive |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer |
| 3 | **increase** | to-infinitive |  | pupil's withdrawal |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer withdrawal=Patient |
| 4 | **withdraw** |  | pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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