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title: Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in t… — Hiding it from friends: being skint at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in the lesson. Exam question 2 of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

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Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in the lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, state benefits · **What happens:** identify, establish, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, lesson

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in the lesson.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	benefits	benefit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 purpose of state benefits |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | state benefits |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To pay pupils for attendance at their schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e2:o1:1
# text = To pay pupils for attendance at their schools
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  | pupils's schools |  | for attendance | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pupil=Asset for attendance=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To provide sums which must be repaid to a bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e2:o2:1
# text = To provide sums which must be repaid to a bank
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | sums |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sum=Theme |
| 2 | **repay** | must · passive |  | sums |  |  |  | to a bank | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To support persons unable to work, poorly paid, or caring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e2:o3:1
# text = To support persons unable to work, poorly paid, or caring
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	support	support	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | to-infinitive |  | persons |  |  |  | unable *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | poorly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **care** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To reward persons who decline employment without any reason whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e2:o4:1
# text = To reward persons who decline employment without any reason whatever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reward	reward	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decline	decline	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | to-infinitive |  | persons |  |  |  | without any reason | tree rules |
| 2 | **decline** | present | persons | employment |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Theme |

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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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