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title: Identify the principal reason why a remark that five pounds is «noth… — Friends who only come for the pool: ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason why a remark that five pounds is «nothing» may cause distress. Exam question 2 of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 2 · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

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Identify the principal reason why a remark that five pounds is «nothing» may cause distress.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, that, remark · **What happens:** identify, be, cause · **To what, where:** principal reason, nothing, distress

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason why a remark that five pounds is «nothing» may cause distress.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
17	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** | may | a remark | distress |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=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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Such remarks are prohibited by law in schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e2:o1:1
# text = Such remarks are prohibited by law in schools
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | law | Such remarks |  | schools |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Five pounds is in fact a very great fortune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e2:o2:1
# text = Five pounds is in fact a very great fortune
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Five pounds |  |  | fact |  | a great fortune *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The trip in question was in fact cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e2:o3:1
# text = The trip in question was in fact cancelled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the trip in question |  |  | fact |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cancel** | participle |  | fact *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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For some families such a sum is considerable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e2:o4:1
# text = For some families such a sum is considerable
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for some families  such sum; considerable *property* | tree rules |

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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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