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title: Identify the principal function of the «block» facility within an on… — Blocking, muting and walking away · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of the «block» facility within an online application. Exam question 1 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Exam question 1 · Blocking, muting and walking away

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Identify the principal function of the «block» facility within an online application.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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/481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the «block» facility within an online application.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	within	within	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	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of the block facility |  |  |  | within a online application | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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 inform the police of an offence committed online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e1:o1:1
# text = To inform the police of an offence committed online
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
9	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the police of a offence |  |  |  | online *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient |
| 2 | **commit** | participle |  | the police of a offence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To prevent a given person from contacting the user

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e1:o2:1
# text = To prevent a given person from contacting the user
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	contacting	contact	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | a given person |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **contact** | gerund |  | the user |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To publish the other person's messages to all users

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e1:o3:1
# text = To publish the other person's messages to all users
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	publish	publish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	users	user	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | to-infinitive |  | the other person's messages |  |  |  | to all users | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To delete the user's own account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e1:o4:1
# text = To delete the user's own account
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | to-infinitive |  | the user's own account |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  | the user |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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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