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title: Given that a peer persistently challenges a pupil to contests of eve… — The copier and the one who competes at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a peer persistently challenges a pupil to contests of every kind, ascertain the conduct most likely to end the rivalry. Exam question 2 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · The copier and the one who competes at everything

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Given that a peer persistently challenges a pupil to contests of every kind, ascertain the conduct most likely to end the rivalry.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peer, you · **What happens:** give, challenge, ascertain, end, contest · **To what, where:** pupil, conduct, rivalry, kind

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e2:1
# text = Given that a peer persistently challenges a pupil to contests of every kind, ascertain the conduct most likely to end the rivalry.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	persistently	persistently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	challenges	challenge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	contests	contest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	19	advmod	_	_
19	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **challenge** | present | a peer | a pupil |  |  |  | to contests of every kind | tree rules |
| 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 4 | **end** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the rivalry |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rivalry=Eventuality |
| 5 | **contest** |  |  | every kind |  |  |  |  | nom contest «event 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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Accepting every contest and striving to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e2:o1:1
# text = Accepting every contest and striving to win
1	Accepting	accept	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	striving	strive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | gerund |  | every contest |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Theme |
| 2 | **strive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Declining calmly to participate further

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e2:o2:1
# text = Declining calmly to participate further
1	Declining	decline	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	participate	participate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **participate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Responding with insults of a personal nature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e2:o3:1
# text = Responding with insults of a personal nature
1	Responding	respond	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with insults of a personal nature | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with insult=Eventuality |
| 2 | **insult** |  |  | a personal nature |  |  |  |  | nom insult «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Enlisting older pupils to compete on one's behalf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything:e2:o4:1
# text = Enlisting older pupils to compete on one's behalf
1	Enlisting	enlist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlist** | gerund |  | older pupils |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |
| 2 | **compete** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | one's behalf |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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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