--- title: Identify the principal advantage of rendering assistance quietly and… — Friends who get it · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal advantage of rendering assistance quietly and without an audience. Exam question 2 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/e2/) [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 who get it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Friends who get it Identify the principal advantage of rendering assistance quietly and without an audience. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal advantage · **What happens:** identify, render · **To what, where:** principal advantage, assistance This is exam question 2 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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/525-friends-who-get-it/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal advantage of rendering assistance quietly and without an audience. 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 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rendering render VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 without without ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal advantage | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | | 2 | **render** | gerund | the principal advantage *not said here* | assistance and a audience | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=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 protects the dignity of the person assisted ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e2:o1:1 # text = It protects the dignity of the person assisted 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protects protect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 assisted assist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present | It | the dignity of the person | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dignity=Beneficiary | | 2 | **assist** | participle | | the person *not said here* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It ensures that the helper receives due credit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e2:o2:1 # text = It ensures that the helper receives due credit 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ensures ensure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ensure** | present | It | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **receive** | present | the helper | due credit | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credit=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It avoids any expense whatsoever to the helper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e2:o3:1 # text = It avoids any expense whatsoever to the helper 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 avoids avoid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | present | It | any expense | | | | to the helper; whatsoever *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent expense=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is mandated by the rules of every school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e2:o4:1 # text = It is mandated by the rules of every school 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 mandated mandate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mandate** | present · passive | the rules of every school | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rule** | | every school | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | **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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