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title: It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may… — Getting through it: who helps, what he… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty. Select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 3 · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

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It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, possess, turn, list, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, list, difficulty, persons, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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/30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:1
# text = It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **possess** | present | a pupil | a list of persons |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot list=Theme |
| 3 | **turn** | may | pupil |  |  | difficulty |  | to persons | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to whom=Source in difficulty=Trajectory |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | persons |  |  |  |  | nom list «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Such a list is of no value to any pupil whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:o1:1
# text = Such a list is of no value to any pupil whatsoever
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | such list |  |  |  |  | of no value; to any pupil | tree rules |

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

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Such a support network renders the seeking of help easier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:o2:1
# text = Such a support network renders the seeking of help easier
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seeking	seeking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | such support network | the seeking of help |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seeking=Theme |
| 2 | **seek** |  |  | help |  |  |  |  | nom seeking «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The list is to be consulted solely by teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:o3:1
# text = The list is to be consulted solely by teachers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | present · passive | teachers | the list |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Possession of the list obviates any need for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e3:o4:1
# text = Possession of the list obviates any need for help
1	Possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	obviates	obviate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obviate** | present | Possession of the list | any need |  |  |  | for help | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent need=Patient |
| 2 | **possess** |  |  | the list |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

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