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title: Identify the course of action most likely to secure the repair of de… — Formal and informal: a mate versus the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action most likely to secure the repair of defective equipment in a public park. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 2 · Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher

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Identify the course of action most likely to secure the repair of defective equipment in a public park.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, secure, repair · **To what, where:** course, repair, public park, defective equipment

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language 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/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action most likely to secure the repair of defective equipment in a public park.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	defective	defective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the repair of defective equipment |  | a public park |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition repair=Theme |
| 3 | **repair** |  |  | defective equipment |  |  |  |  | nom repair «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 {#o1}

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Correspondence employing abusive language so as to convey urgency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:e2:o1:1
# text = Correspondence employing abusive language so as to convey urgency
1	Correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	abusive	abusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	urgency	urgency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | gerund | Correspondence *not said here* | abusive language |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | to-infinitive | Correspondence *not said here* | urgency |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent urgency=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The composition of a letter entirely in capital letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:e2:o2:1
# text = The composition of a letter entirely in capital letters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	capital	capital	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Correspondence stating the facts and requesting repair courteously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:e2:o3:1
# text = Correspondence stating the facts and requesting repair courteously
1	Correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	stating	state	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	_
7	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | gerund | Correspondence *not said here* | the facts |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fact=Topic |
| 2 | **request** | gerund | Correspondence *not said here* | repair |  |  |  | courteously *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent repair=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The abstention from any communication with the authority concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:e2:o4:1
# text = The abstention from any communication with the authority concerned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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