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description: A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor". Ascertain the location so designated in British terms. Exam question 3 of lesson 21 «British and American words» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · British and American words

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A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor". Ascertain the location so designated in British terms.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** reside, propose, ascertain, designate · **To what, where:** United States, meeting, first floor, location, British terms

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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/21-british-and-american-words/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:1
# text = A person residing in the United States proposes a meeting "on the first floor".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	proposes	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  | the United States |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location |
| 2 | **propose** | present | a person | a meeting |  | the first floor |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the location so designated in British terms.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the location so designated in British terms.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 location |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  | the location *not said here* |  | British terms |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The first floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:o1:1
# text = The first floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The basement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:o2:1
# text = The basement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basement	basement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The second floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:o3:1
# text = The second floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The ground floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:e3:o4:1
# text = The ground floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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