--- title: Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a person whose acquaintanc… — Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a person whose acquaintance repeatedly borrows money without repayment. Exam question 3 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a person whose acquaintance repeatedly borrows money without repayment. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, acquaintance · **What happens:** ascertain, borrow, conduct · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, money, person This is exam question 3 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a person whose acquaintance repeatedly borrows money without repayment. 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 conduct conduct 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 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 borrows borrow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 repayment repayment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct of a person | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | | 2 | **borrow** | present | acquaintance | money | | | | without repayment; repeatedly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 3 | **conduct** | | | a person | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} To pay the acquaintance's other debts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e3:o1:1 # text = To pay the acquaintance's other debts 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | the acquaintance's other debts | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To decline further loans ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e3:o2:1 # text = To decline further loans 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 decline decline VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 loans loan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decline** | to-infinitive | | further loans | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loan=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To increase the sums lent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e3:o3:1 # text = To increase the sums lent 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 increase increase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **increase** | to-infinitive | | the sums | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer sum=Patient | | 2 | **lend** | past | | | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} To lend in secret from one's family ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e3:o4:1 # text = To lend in secret from one's family 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lend lend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | to-infinitive | | | | secret | | from one's family | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | **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. 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