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title: Which of the following responses is appropriate upon the receipt of… — Disappointment, jealousy and embarrass… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following responses is appropriate upon the receipt of a present which one did not desire? Exam question 1 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

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Which of the following responses is appropriate upon the receipt of a present which one did not desire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** follow, be, not desire, receipt · **To what, where:** present

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e1:1
# text = Which of the following responses is appropriate upon the receipt of a present which one did not desire?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	responses	response	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	desire	desire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following responses; upon the receipt of a present; appropriate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **desire** | past · do-support | which one |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **receipt** |  |  | a present |  |  |  |  | nom receipt «act transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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Returning the present to the giver without any explanation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e1:o1:1
# text = Returning the present to the giver without any explanation
1	Returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund |  | the present |  | the giver |  | without any explanation | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent present=Theme to giver=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Thanking the giver warmly, since the giver thought of one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e1:o2:1
# text = Thanking the giver warmly, since the giver thought of one
1	Thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  | the giver |  |  |  | warmly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giver=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the giver |  |  |  |  | of one | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Giving the present away in the presence of the giver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e1:o3:1
# text = Giving the present away in the presence of the giver
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | gerund |  | the present |  | the presence of the giver |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent present=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Informing the giver at once that the present is unwanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e1:o4:1
# text = Informing the giver at once that the present is unwanted
1	Informing	inform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the giver |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent giver=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Informing |  |  |  |  | unwanted *property* | tree rules |

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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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