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# Exam question 3 · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper

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Ascertain the arrangement made by the shopkeeper upon apprehending a child in the act of stealing a chocolate bar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, act · **What happens:** ascertain, make, apprehend, steal · **To what, where:** arrangement, child, act, chocolate bar

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the arrangement made by the shopkeeper upon apprehending a child in the act of stealing a chocolate bar.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	apprehending	apprehend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 arrangement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the arrangement *not said here* |  |  |  | by the shopkeeper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **apprehend** | gerund |  | a child |  | the act |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 4 | **steal** | gerund | the act *not said here* | a chocolate bar |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bar=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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The child was to be reported forthwith to the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e3:o1:1
# text = The child was to be reported forthwith to the police
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | the child |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child was to retain the item without consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e3:o2:1
# text = The child was to retain the item without consequence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the child |  |  |  |  | without consequence; retain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The child was to be excluded from the shop permanently thereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e3:o3:1
# text = The child was to be excluded from the shop permanently thereafter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | past · passive |  | the child |  | the shop |  | permanently, thereafter *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from shop=Eventuality |

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

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The child was to sweep the shop each Saturday for one month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e3:o4:1
# text = The child was to sweep the shop each Saturday for one month
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sweep	sweep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the child |  |  |  | month; saturday | sweep *property* | 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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