--- title: Given that a pupil wishes to play an online game regularly with a pe… — Friends through games and clubs · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a pupil wishes to play an online game regularly with a person met at a tournament, ascertain the appropriate precondition. 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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/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e2:1 # text = Given that a pupil wishes to play an online game regularly with a person met at a tournament, ascertain the appropriate precondition. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 online online ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 regularly regularly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tournament tournament NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 precondition precondition NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | a pupil *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **wish** | present | a pupil | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a online game | | | | with a person; regularly *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent game=Theme with person=Co-Agent | | 4 | **meet** | participle | | a person *not said here* | | a tournament | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ascertain** | infinitive | | the appropriate precondition | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precondition=Topic | 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 {#o1} The purchase of superior equipment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e2:o1:1 # text = The purchase of superior equipment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 equipment equipment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purchase** | | | superior equipment | | | | | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No precondition whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e2:o2:1 # text = No precondition whatsoever 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 precondition precondition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A password issued by the school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e2:o3:1 # text = A password issued by the school 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 password password NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **issue** | participle | | a password *not said here* | | | | by the school | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by school=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The permission of the pupil's parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e2:o4:1 # text = The permission of the pupil's parents 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | | | the pupil's parents | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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