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# Exam question 1 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

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Which of the following measures is recommended when a pupil becomes stuck upon a task?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil · **What happens:** follow, recommend, become

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e1:1
# text = Which of the following measures is recommended when a pupil becomes stuck upon a task?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
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	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | **recommend** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of the following measures | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | present | a pupil |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Abandoning the task permanently and declaring that it cannot be done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e1:o1:1
# text = Abandoning the task permanently and declaring that it cannot be done
1	Abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	declaring	declare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	that	that	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | gerund |  | the task |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme task=Source |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | that task | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **do** | can · passive | Abandoning |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Copying the answer of another pupil without making any attempt to understand it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e1:o2:1
# text = Copying the answer of another pupil without making any attempt to understand it
1	Copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund |  | the answer of another pupil |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | gerund |  | any attempt |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attempt=Product |
| 3 | **understand** | to-infinitive |  | attempt |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 4 | **answer** |  |  | another pupil |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Breaking the materials so that the task need not be attempted again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e1:o3:1
# text = Breaking the materials so that the task need not be attempted again
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  | the materials |  |  |  | so the task | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer material=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **attempt** | present · passive | Breaking |  |  |  | again |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A short break, a fresh reading of the question, and then a request for help

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e1:o4:1
# text = A short break, a fresh reading of the question, and then a request for help
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** |  |  | the question |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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