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# Exam question 2 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

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Ascertain the most appropriate response of a pupil who perceives that she has been excluded from an outing by friends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pupil, friends · **What happens:** ascertain, perceive, exclude · **To what, where:** appropriate response, pupil, outing

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» 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/478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate response of a pupil who perceives that she has been excluded from an outing by friends.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	outing	outing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response of a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **perceive** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **exclude** | present · perfect · passive | friends | pupil |  | a outing |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from outing=Eventuality |

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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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To conclude immediately that she has been rejected by all of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e2:o1:1
# text = To conclude immediately that she has been rejected by all of them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conclude	conclude	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reject** | present · perfect · passive |  | she |  |  |  | by all | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To denounce the friends publicly online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e2:o2:1
# text = To denounce the friends publicly online
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	denounce	denounce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denounce** | to-infinitive |  | the friends |  |  |  | online, publicly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To inquire of the friends directly before forming a conclusion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e2:o3:1
# text = To inquire of the friends directly before forming a conclusion
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of the friends; directly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of friend=Recipient |
| 2 | **form** | gerund |  | a conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location conclusion=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To terminate the friendships without inquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e2:o4:1
# text = To terminate the friendships without inquiry
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	terminate	terminate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | to-infinitive |  | the friendships |  |  |  | without inquiry | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |

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