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# Exam question 3 · Friends through games and clubs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of a well-regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, regulate, effect, conduct · **To what, where:** effect, regulated boxing club, pupil

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 467 «Friends through games and clubs» 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/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of a well-regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school?
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	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	regulated	regulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
16	boxing	boxing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	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 a regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **regulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **effect** |  |  | a regulated boxing club upon the conduct of a pupil at school |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **conduct** |  |  | a pupil at school |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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 {#o1}

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It invariably renders the pupil more violent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e3:o1:1
# text = It invariably renders the pupil more violent
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	renders	render	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	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the pupil |  |  |  | invariably, violent *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It obliges the pupil to fight his classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e3:o2:1
# text = It obliges the pupil to fight his classmates
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | It | the pupil |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Patient |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  | pupil's classmates |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has no relation to conduct at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e3:o3:1
# text = It has no relation to conduct at all
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	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no relation |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** | to-infinitive |  | no relation *not said here* |  | all |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at all=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It may reduce the pupil's involvement in fights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:e3:o4:1
# text = It may reduce the pupil's involvement in fights
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
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	involvement	involvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | may | It | the pupil's involvement |  | fights |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer involvement=Patient |
| 2 | **involve** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom involvement «act 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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