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# Exam question 3 · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Ascertain the most appropriate means by which a child may acquire knowledge of grandparents deceased before the child's birth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, appropriate, child · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, acquire, decease · **To what, where:** knowledge, grandparents · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate means by which a child may acquire knowledge of grandparents deceased before the child's birth.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the appropriate |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **acquire** | may | a child | knowledge of grandparents |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme |
| 4 | **decease** | participle |  | grandparents *not said here* |  |  | before the child's birth |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Photographs and family recollections

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e3:o1:1
# text = Photographs and family recollections
1	Photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	recollections	recollection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No means exist whereby such knowledge may be acquired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e3:o2:1
# text = No means exist whereby such knowledge may be acquired
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
4	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | No |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **exist** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **acquire** | may · passive |  | such knowledge |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Exclusively the daily attendance of the place of burial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e3:o3:1
# text = Exclusively the daily attendance of the place of burial
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** |  |  | the place of burial |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The invention of imaginary biographies by the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e3:o4:1
# text = The invention of imaginary biographies by the child
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	biographies	biography	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | imaginary biographies by the child |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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