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description: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person offers to repay double a sum lent to him on the following day. Exam question 3 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 q
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# Exam question 3 · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

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Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person offers to repay double a sum lent to him on the following day.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, offer, repay, double, lend, follow · **To what, where:** course, sum, person

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e3:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person offers to repay double a sum lent to him on the following day.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	double	double	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	lent	lend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	acl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **repay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **double** | infinitive | a person *not said here* | a sum |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sum=Patient |
| 5 | **lend** | participle |  | a sum *not said here* | person |  | day |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 6 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lending one half of the sum as a precaution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e3:o1:1
# text = Lending one half of the sum as a precaution
1	Lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	precaution	precaution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | gerund |  | one half of the sum |  |  |  | as a precaution | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Demanding a promise of triple repayment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e3:o2:1
# text = Demanding a promise of triple repayment
1	Demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	triple	triple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	repayment	repayment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund |  | a promise of triple repayment |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme promise=Precondition |
| 2 | **promise** |  |  | triple repayment |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Declining the offer and informing a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e3:o3:1
# text = Declining the offer and informing a trusted adult
1	Declining	decline	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | gerund |  | the offer |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lending the entire sum forthwith upon the promise of double

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e3:o4:1
# text = Lending the entire sum forthwith upon the promise of double
1	Lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | gerund |  | the entire sum |  |  |  | upon the promise of double; forthwith *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=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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