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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "pee… — Regret, silly buys and peer pressure · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"? Exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money 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/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"?
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	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  | peer pressure |  |  |  | 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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The sense of compulsion to act or purchase in conformity with persons of similar age

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e1:o1:1
# text = The sense of compulsion to act or purchase in conformity with persons of similar age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	conformity	conformity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purchase** | infinitive |  |  |  | conformity |  | with persons of similar age | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **sense** |  |  | compulsion |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A regulation imposed by a school upon its pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e1:o2:1
# text = A regulation imposed by a school upon its pupils
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | a regulation *not said here* |  |  |  | by a school; upon school's pupils | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An arrangement for joint saving among friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e1:o3:1
# text = An arrangement for joint saving among friends
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund | a arrangement for joint *not said here* |  |  |  |  | among friends | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pressure exerted by air within a tyre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e1:o4:1
# text = The pressure exerted by air within a tyre
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	exerted	exert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tyre	tyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exert** | participle |  | the pressure *not said here* |  |  |  | by air; within a tyre | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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