--- title: Ascertain the most prudent conduct towards a peer who is agreeable i… — Enemies who became friends, and ones w… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the most prudent conduct towards a peer who is agreeable in private but unkind in company. Exam question 4 of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/e4/) [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/) / [Enemies who became friends, and ones w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did Ascertain the most prudent conduct towards a peer who is agreeable in private but unkind in company. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, peer · **What happens:** ascertain, be · **To what, where:** prudent conduct, private, company This is exam question 4 of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the most prudent conduct towards a peer who is agreeable in private but unkind in company. 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 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 peer peer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prudent conduct | | | | towards a peer | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | a peer | | | private | | agreeable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | a peer *not said here* | | | company | | | tree rules | 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 confide in her more fully in order to win her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e4:o1:1 # text = To confide in her more fully in order to win her 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 confide confide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 fully fully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confide** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | order | | in her *= she*; fully *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} To retaliate in company ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e4:o2:1 # text = To retaliate in company 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 retaliate retaliate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retaliate** | to-infinitive | | | | company | | | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To remain courteous whilst withholding confidences ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e4:o3:1 # text = To remain courteous whilst withholding confidences 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 remain remain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 withholding withholding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 confidences confidence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | | | | | courteous *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} To imitate her conduct ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e4:o4:1 # text = To imitate her conduct 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 imitate imitate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imitate** | to-infinitive | | her conduct | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme | | 2 | **conduct** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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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