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description: Given that a child in care requires a signed permission form to attend a party, ascertain the appropriate response of the inviting friend. Exam question 3 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 o
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# Exam question 3 · Friends who get it

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Given that a child in care requires a signed permission form to attend a party, ascertain the appropriate response of the inviting friend.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, require, sign, attend, ascertain, invite · **To what, where:** signed permission form, party, appropriate response

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e3:1
# text = Given that a child in care requires a signed permission form to attend a party, ascertain the appropriate response of the inviting friend.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	inviting	invite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	24	amod	_	_
24	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	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 | **require** | present | a child in care | a signed permission form |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Precondition |
| 3 | **sign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **attend** | to-infinitive | a child in care *not said here* | a party |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme party=Goal |
| 5 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response of the inviting friend |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 6 | **invite** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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To invite the child and treat the form as a small matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e3:o1:1
# text = To invite the child and treat the form as a small matter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | to-infinitive |  |  | the child |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 2 | **treat** | infinitive |  | the form |  |  |  | as a small matter | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme as matter=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To withdraw the invitation owing to the administrative burden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e3:o2:1
# text = To withdraw the invitation owing to the administrative burden
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	administrative	administrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive |  | the invitation |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the invitation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the administrative burden *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to burden=Goal |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To enquire publicly as to the reasons for the child's care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e3:o3:1
# text = To enquire publicly as to the reasons for the child's care
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as the reasons; for the child's care; publicly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **care** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To require that the child supply the form without assistance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e3:o4:1
# text = To require that the child supply the form without assistance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	supply	supply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **supply** | infinitive | the child | the form |  |  |  | without assistance | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Recipient |

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