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title: Whereas a person encountered online requests photographs and persona… — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a person encountered online requests photographs and personal information, determine the appropriate response. Exam question 4 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

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Whereas a person encountered online requests photographs and personal information, determine the appropriate response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** encounter, request, determine · **To what, where:** photographs, appropriate response

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e4:1
# text = Whereas a person encountered online requests photographs and personal information, determine the appropriate response.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
5	online	online	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encounter** | past | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **request** | present | a person | photographs and personal information |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent photograph=Recipient |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |

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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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Decline only if the request has been made on more than one occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e4:o1:1
# text = Decline only if the request has been made on more than one occasion
1	Decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	12	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | Decline  the request |  | one occasion |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Comply, provided the photographs show no face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e4:o2:1
# text = Comply, provided the photographs show no face
1	Comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | present | the photographs | no face |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=Recipient |

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

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Decline, since such persons may not be who they claim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e4:o3:1
# text = Decline, since such persons may not be who they claim
1	Decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	claim	claim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | Decline |  |  |  |  | claim *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Comply, provided the person states his age as twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:e4:o4:1
# text = Comply, provided the person states his age as twelve
1	Comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the person | person's age |  |  |  | as twelve | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent age=Topic |

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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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