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title: Ascertain the most appropriate course for a pupil whose swimming cos… — Money is tight: free school meals and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most appropriate course for a pupil whose swimming costume no longer fits and whose parent cannot purchase another until payday. Exam question 4 of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 4 · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

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Ascertain the most appropriate course for a pupil whose swimming costume no longer fits and whose parent cannot purchase another until payday.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, swimming costume, parent · **What happens:** ascertain, fit, not purchase · **To what, where:** appropriate course, another

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate course for a pupil whose swimming costume no longer fits and whose parent cannot purchase another until payday.
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	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	costume	costume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	no	no	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
21	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	obj	_	_
22	until	until	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	payday	payday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 appropriate course |  |  |  | for a pupil  a pupil  a pupil's swimming costume's swimming costume | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **fit** | present | a pupil  a pupil  swimming costume's swimming costume's swimming costume *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **purchase** | can | parent | another |  |  | until payday |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To inform a teacher, who may lend spare kit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e4:o1:1
# text = To inform a teacher, who may lend spare kit
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kit	kit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **lend** | may | a teacher | spare kit |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kit=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To borrow money from a classmate for a new one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e4:o2:1
# text = To borrow money from a classmate for a new one
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | to-infinitive |  | money |  | a classmate |  | for a new one | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from classmate=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To absent himself from every swimming lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e4:o3:1
# text = To absent himself from every swimming lesson
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	absent	absent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  | every swimming lesson |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To swim in his school uniform without asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e4:o4:1
# text = To swim in his school uniform without asking
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | his school uniform |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in uniform=Trajectory |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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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