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title: Identify the party by whom the closure of a school on account of sno… — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the party by whom the closure of a school on account of snowfall is ordinarily determined. Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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 2 · School legends

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Identify the party by whom the closure of a school on account of snowfall is ordinarily determined.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, closure, school · **What happens:** identify, be, close, account · **To what, where:** party, snowfall

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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/myths/24-school-legends/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e2:1
# text = Identify the party by whom the closure of a school on account of snowfall is ordinarily determined.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	closure	closure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 party |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent party=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the closure of a school on account of snowfall |  |  |  |  | determined, ordinarily *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **close** |  | a school on account of snowfall |  |  |  |  |  | nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | snowfall |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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 {#o1}

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The pupils, by means of a ballot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e2:o1:1
# text = The pupils, by means of a ballot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the pupils |  |  |  |  | of a ballot | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The head teacher, having regard to safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e2:o2:1
# text = The head teacher, having regard to safety
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the head teacher *not said here* | regard |  |  |  | to safety | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A statute prescribing a fixed depth of snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e2:o3:1
# text = A statute prescribing a fixed depth of snow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statute	statute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prescribing	prescribe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | gerund | a statute *not said here* | a fixed depth of snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The national weather service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:e2:o4:1
# text = The national weather service
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	service	service	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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**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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