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description: In respect of the term "staycation", determine which description is correct. Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

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In respect of the term "staycation", determine which description is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, description · **What happens:** determine, be, respect · **To what, where:** respect, term

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection 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/reflection/21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:e4:1
# text = In respect of the term "staycation", determine which description is correct.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	staycation	staycation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	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* |  |  | respect of the term |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which description |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A holiday of extended duration abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:e4:o1:1
# text = A holiday of extended duration abroad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	extended	extended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A holiday spent at or near one's home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:e4:o2:1
# text = A holiday spent at or near one's home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | participle |  | a holiday *not said here* |  | near one's home |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A holiday taken during school term

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:e4:o3:1
# text = A holiday taken during school term
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a holiday *not said here* |  |  | during school term |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A holiday cancelled prior to departure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel:e4:o4:1
# text = A holiday cancelled prior to departure
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | participle |  | a holiday *not said here* |  |  |  | prior departure | tree rules |

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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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