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description: Given that a pupil is told that she is «flexing» when mentioning a foreign holiday, ascertain the most appropriate conduct. Exam question 4 of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

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Given that a pupil is told that she is «flexing» when mentioning a foreign holiday, ascertain the most appropriate conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil, foreign holiday · **What happens:** give, tell, flex, mention, ascertain · **To what, where:** pupil, appropriate conduct · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 491 «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad» 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/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:e4:1
# text = Given that a pupil is told that she is «flexing» when mentioning a foreign holiday, ascertain the most appropriate conduct.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	flexing	flex	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	22	advmod	_	_
22	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **flex** *in a quote* | present · progressive | pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **mention** *speech: other* | gerund | a foreign holiday |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **ascertain** | infinitive | pupil *not said here* | the appropriate conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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To cease speaking to the classmate entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:e4:o1:1
# text = To cease speaking to the classmate entirely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cease	cease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the classmate; entirely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to classmate=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To describe the holiday at still greater length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:e4:o2:1
# text = To describe the holiday at still greater length
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | to-infinitive |  | the holiday |  | greater length |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent holiday=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To deny that any such holiday ever took place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:e4:o3:1
# text = To deny that any such holiday ever took place
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deny	deny	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deny** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | past | any such holiday | place |  |  | ever |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To share briefly and ask about others' holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad:e4:o4:1
# text = To share briefly and ask about others' holidays
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | briefly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about others's holidays | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about holiday=Topic |

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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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