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title: Pursuant to a lesson which a pupil finds too easy, which course of a… — Boredom, excitement and pride · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to a lesson which a pupil finds too easy, which course of action is appropriate? Exam question 4 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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.
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# Exam question 4 · Boredom, excitement and pride

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Pursuant to a lesson which a pupil finds too easy, which course of action is appropriate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil, course · **What happens:** find, be · **To what, where:** lesson

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to a lesson which a pupil finds too easy, which course of action is appropriate?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	13	det	_	_
13	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a pupil | a lesson |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | which course of action |  |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The pupil politely asks the teacher for a harder challenge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e4:o1:1
# text = The pupil politely asks the teacher for a harder challenge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	challenge	challenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the pupil |  | the teacher |  |  | for a harder challenge; politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil informs the class that the lesson is pointless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e4:o2:1
# text = The pupil informs the class that the lesson is pointless
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pupil ceases to work entirely and simply waits for the lesson to end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e4:o3:1
# text = The pupil ceases to work entirely and simply waits for the lesson to end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** | present | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the lesson; simply *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **end** | to-infinitive | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pupil disrupts the class until a harder task is set

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:e4:o4:1
# text = The pupil disrupts the class until a harder task is set
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disrupts	disrupt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	set	set	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 | **disrupt** | present | the pupil | the class |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | present · passive |  | a harder task |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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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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