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# Exam question 3 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distribution of party invitations to all pupils of a class save one, in her presence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** follow, characteris, save, distribute · **To what, where:** distribution, one, presence, party invitations

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distribution of party invitations to all pupils of a class save one, in her presence?
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	20	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	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 distribution of party invitations |  |  |  | of the following statements; to all pupils of a class; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  | her presence |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 4 | **distribute** |  |  | party invitations |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition 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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It is the responsibility of the excluded pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e3:o1:1
# text = It is the responsibility of the excluded pupil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the responsibility |  |  |  | of the excluded pupil | tree rules |
| 2 | **exclude** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes an innocent administrative error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e3:o2:1
# text = It constitutes an innocent administrative error
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a innocent administrative error |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme error=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It constitutes deliberate and cruel exclusion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e3:o3:1
# text = It constitutes deliberate and cruel exclusion
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | deliberate exclusion |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exclusion=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a customary and wholly acceptable practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a customary and wholly acceptable practice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a customary and acceptable practice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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