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description: Identify the principal reason for which a child newly arrived at an unfamiliar school ought to make known to a teacher any difficulty in settling. Exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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Identify the principal reason for which a child newly arrived at an unfamiliar school ought to make known to a teacher any difficulty in settling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child, principal reason · **What happens:** identify, arrive, make, know · **To what, where:** principal reason, child, unfamiliar school

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child newly arrived at an unfamiliar school ought to make known to a teacher any difficulty in settling.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
9	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
18	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	23	det	_	_
23	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	settling	settling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  | a unfamiliar school |  | newly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | ought | a child | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | participle | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a teacher and any difficulty in settling | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Silence is preferred by schools in all such matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e1:o1:1
# text = Silence is preferred by schools in all such matters
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present · passive | schools | Silence |  | all such matters |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Disclosure exempts the pupil from lessons for a period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e1:o2:1
# text = Disclosure exempts the pupil from lessons for a period
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exempts	exempt	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	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exempt** | present | Disclosure | the pupil |  | lessons |  | for a period | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pupils who disclose such difficulty settle in more rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e1:o3:1
# text = Pupils who disclose such difficulty settle in more rapidly
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disclose	disclose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	settle	settle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obl	_	_
9	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | present | Pupils | such difficulty |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot difficulty=Topic |
| 2 | **settle** | present | Pupils |  |  | more |  | rapidly *property* | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in more=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teachers are obliged to transfer all such pupils elsewhere at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e1:o4:1
# text = Teachers are obliged to transfer all such pupils elsewhere at once
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	transfer	transfer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | Teachers |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **transfer** | to-infinitive |  | all such pupils |  |  |  | elsewhere *property* | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |

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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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