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# Exam question 3 · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

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Pursuant to the receipt of offensive messages by a pupil in an online forum, ascertain the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, receipt · **To what, where:** appropriate course, offensive messages

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to the receipt of offensive messages by a pupil in an online forum, ascertain the appropriate course of action.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	offensive	offensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	forum	forum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **receipt** |  |  | offensive messages by a pupil in a online forum |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Refrain from replying, retain the messages and inform an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:e3:o1:1
# text = Refrain from replying, retain the messages and inform an adult
1	Refrain	refrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	replying	reply	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | gerund | Refrain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **retain** | infinitive | Refrain | the messages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive | Refrain *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Reply in equally offensive terms so as to deter the sender

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:e3:o2:1
# text = Reply in equally offensive terms so as to deter the sender
1	Reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	offensive	offensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	deter	deter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sender	sender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deter** | to-infinitive | Reply in offensive terms | the sender |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sender=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Delete every message immediately and inform nobody at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:e3:o3:1
# text = Delete every message immediately and inform nobody at all
1	Delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	inform	inform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | imperative | you *not said here* | every message |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* |  | nobody | all |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Forward the messages to classmates in order to obtain their support

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying:e3:o4:1
# text = Forward the messages to classmates in order to obtain their support
1	Forward	forward	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | the messages |  | order |  | to classmates | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to classmate=Destination |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | classmates's support |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset support=Theme |
| 3 | **support** |  | classmates *= classmate* |  |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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