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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an i… — Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence? Exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** imperative sentence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» 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/7-kinds-of-sentences/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	imperative	imperative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a imperative sentence |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A sentence directing the addressee to perform an action, the subject being understood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e1:o1:1
# text = A sentence directing the addressee to perform an action, the subject being understood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	directing	direct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	addressee	addressee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | gerund | a sentence *not said here* | the addressee |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent addressee=Eventuality |
| 2 | **perform** | to-infinitive | a sentence *not said here* | a action |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 3 | **understand** | gerund · passive |  | the subject *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sentence soliciting information from the addressee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e1:o2:1
# text = A sentence soliciting information from the addressee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	soliciting	solicit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	addressee	addressee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solicit** | gerund | a sentence *not said here* | information |  | the addressee |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sentence recording a fact in the past tense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e1:o3:1
# text = A sentence recording a fact in the past tense
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	recording	record	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | gerund | a sentence *not said here* | a fact |  | the past tense |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fact=Theme in tense=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sentence expressing an emotion without direction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:7-kinds-of-sentences:e1:o4:1
# text = A sentence expressing an emotion without direction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | gerund | a sentence *not said here* | a emotion |  |  |  | without direction | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emotion=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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