--- title: It being given that a child is alone at break, determine the probabl… — Friends, teams and fair play · tree and pragmatics description: It being given that a child is alone at break, determine the probable effect of including him. Exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/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/) / [Friends, teams and fair play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Friends, teams and fair play It being given that a child is alone at break, determine the probable effect of including him. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, probable effect · **What happens:** give, be, determine, include · **To what, where:** It, break, probable effect, child This is exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:e4:1 # text = It being given that a child is alone at break, determine the probable effect of including him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 probable probable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | a child | | | break | | alone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **determine** | infinitive | | the probable effect | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic | | 4 | **include** | gerund | the probable effect *not said here* | child | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} It may improve his whole day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:e4:o1:1 # text = It may improve his whole day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 improve improve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **improve** | may | It | | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It will embarrass him without fail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:e4:o2:1 # text = It will embarrass him without fail 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 embarrass embarrass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fail fail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embarrass** | future | It | him *= he* | | | | without fail | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It will make no difference whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:e4:o3:1 # text = It will make no difference whatsoever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | future | It | no difference | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It will cause the group to lose its games ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:e4:o4:1 # text = It will cause the group to lose its games 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | future | It | the group | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive | the group *not said here* | group's games | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | **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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