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description: It is given that a person has failed to return home. Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police. Exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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It is given that a person has failed to return home. Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** give, fail, not return, determine, make · **To what, where:** It, appropriate interval, report

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person has failed to return home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:1
# text = It is given that a person has failed to return home.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **return** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:2
# text = Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate interval |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | a report |  |  |  | to the police | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An interval of one week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:o1:1
# text = An interval of one week
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An interval of twenty-four hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:o2:1
# text = An interval of twenty-four hours
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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No interval; the report should be made immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:o3:1
# text = No interval; the report should be made immediately
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | should · passive |  | no interval and the report |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An interval of forty-eight hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e2:o4:1
# text = An interval of forty-eight hours
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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