--- title: Identify the most considerate manner of offering assistance to a fri… — Comfortable families: enough, but not… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the most considerate manner of offering assistance to a friend of lesser means. Exam question 4 of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/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/) / [Comfortable families: enough, but not…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Comfortable families: enough, but not everything Identify the most considerate manner of offering assistance to a friend of lesser means. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, considerate manner · **What happens:** identify, offer, mean · **To what, where:** assistance, friend This is exam question 4 of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» 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/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:e4:1 # text = Identify the most considerate manner of offering assistance to a friend of lesser means. 1 Identify identify 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 considerate considerate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 offering offer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 lesser less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 nmod _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | gerund | the considerate manner *not said here* | assistance | a friend of lesser | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme to friend=Goal | | 3 | **mean** | present | the considerate manner | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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} Through the friend's teacher, before the class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:e4:o1:1 # text = Through the friend's teacher, before the class 1 Through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Quietly, permitting the friend to decline ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:e4:o2:1 # text = Quietly, permitting the friend to decline 1 Quietly quietly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 permitting permit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 decline decline VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | gerund | | the friend | | | | quietly *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | | 2 | **decline** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} Repeatedly, whether or not it is wanted ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:e4:o3:1 # text = Repeatedly, whether or not it is wanted 1 Repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 fixed _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present · passive | | it | | | | repeatedly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Publicly, so that all may observe it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:e4:o4:1 # text = Publicly, so that all may observe it 1 Publicly publicly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | may | all | it | | | | publicly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | **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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