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# Exam question 3 · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

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Given that a pupil is repeatedly mocked by a classmate concerning his family's use of a food bank, ascertain the most appropriate course.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, classmate, family · **What happens:** give, mock, concern, ascertain, use · **To what, where:** pupil, use, appropriate course, food bank

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e3:1
# text = Given that a pupil is repeatedly mocked by a classmate concerning his family's use of a food bank, ascertain the most appropriate course.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mocked	mock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
21	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	24	advmod	_	_
24	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mock** | present · passive | a classmate | a pupil |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | a classmate *not said here* | pupil's family's use of a food bank |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer |
| 4 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 5 | **use** |  | pupil's family | a food bank |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 conceal the matter indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e3:o1:1
# text = To conceal the matter indefinitely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  |  | indefinitely *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To absent herself from school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e3:o2:1
# text = To absent herself from school
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	absent	absent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	school	school	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 |  | herself *= she* |  | school |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To mock the classmate in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e3:o3:1
# text = To mock the classmate in return
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mock	mock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | to-infinitive |  | the classmate |  | return |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classmate=Theme |

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

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To report the matter to a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e3:o4:1
# text = To report the matter to a teacher
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	report	report	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | to-infinitive |  | the matter | a teacher |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Topic to teacher=Recipient |

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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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