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# Exam question 1 · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend

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Which of the following requests from a person known solely through an online game constitutes the gravest indication of danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, know, constitute, indicate · **To what, where:** person, online game, gravest indication, danger

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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/480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e1:1
# text = Which of the following requests from a person known solely through an online game constitutes the gravest indication of danger?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
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	requests	request	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	gravest	grave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	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 | **know** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  | a online game |  | solely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **constitute** | present |  | the gravest indication of danger |  |  |  | of the following requests from a person | tree rules |
| 4 | **indicate** |  |  | danger |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication 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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A request to play a further game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e1:o1:1
# text = A request to play a further game
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | to-infinitive |  | a further game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A compliment upon the child's performance in the preceding match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e1:o2:1
# text = A compliment upon the child's performance in the preceding match
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	compliment	compliment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **perform** |  | the child |  |  | the preceding match |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An offer of advice concerning game strategy and improved technique

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e1:o3:1
# text = An offer of advice concerning game strategy and improved technique
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	strategy	strategy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	technique	technique	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **offer** |  |  | concerning game strategy and improved technique |  |  |  |  | nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A request that the child conceal the communication from her parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:480-the-friend-in-the-game-you-never-met-and-the-fake-friend:e1:o4:1
# text = A request that the child conceal the communication from her parents
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | infinitive | the child | the communication |  |  |  | from child's parents | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent communication=Patient from parent=Beneficiary |

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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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