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title: Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase sna… — Friends who only come for the pool: ri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase snacks and game credit on their behalf, ascertain the most appropriate response. Exam question 3 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 depend
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# Exam question 3 · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

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Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase snacks and game credit on their behalf, ascertain the most appropriate response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** classmates, pupil · **What happens:** give, ask, purchase, ascertain · **To what, where:** pupil, snacks, behalf, appropriate response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e3:1
# text = Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase snacks and game credit on their behalf, ascertain the most appropriate response.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
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	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	23	advmod	_	_
23	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive | classmates | a pupil |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **purchase** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | snacks and game credit |  | snacks's behalf |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset snack=Theme |
| 4 | **ascertain** | infinitive | a pupil *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To decline, and observe who remains a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e3:o1:1
# text = To decline, and observe who remains a friend
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decline	decline	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	observe	observe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **observe** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **remain** | present |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friend=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To request repayment with interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e3:o2:1
# text = To request repayment with interest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	request	request	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	repayment	repayment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | to-infinitive |  | repayment |  |  |  | with interest | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent repayment=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To purchase still more costly items

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e3:o3:1
# text = To purchase still more costly items
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
5	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | to-infinitive |  | costly items |  |  | still |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset item=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To comply, lest the classmates depart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours:e3:o4:1
# text = To comply, lest the classmates depart
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive | the classmates *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | present | the classmates |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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