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# Exam question 4 · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

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In respect of the acquisition of swimming ability, determine which statement is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** determine, be, respect, acquire · **To what, where:** respect, acquisition, swimming ability

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e4:1
# text = In respect of the acquisition of swimming ability, determine which statement 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	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	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	statement	statement	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 acquisition of swimming ability |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the acquisition of swimming ability |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **acquire** |  |  | swimming ability |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act 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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Swimming cannot be learned after the age of seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e4:o1:1
# text = Swimming cannot be learned after the age of seven
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | can · passive |  | Swimming |  |  | after the age of seven |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swimming is acquired solely by entering deep water unaided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e4:o2:1
# text = Swimming is acquired solely by entering deep water unaided
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	unaided	unaided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | present · passive |  | Swimming |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund |  | deep water |  |  |  | unaided *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination |

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

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Swimming may be learned at any age with instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e4:o3:1
# text = Swimming may be learned at any age with instruction
1	Swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | may · passive |  | Swimming |  |  | at any age with instruction |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Persons unable to swim at nine shall remain so permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:e4:o4:1
# text = Persons unable to swim at nine shall remain so permanently
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | to-infinitive | Persons *not said here* |  |  | nine |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at nine=Trajectory |
| 2 | **remain** | shall | Persons |  |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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