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description: Determine which procedure would constitute a fair test of whether a charm confers good fortune. Exam question 3 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 3 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

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Determine which procedure would constitute a fair test of whether a charm confers good fortune.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, procedure, fair test · **What happens:** determine, constitute, confer, test · **To what, where:** good fortune, charm

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:e3:1
# text = Determine which procedure would constitute a fair test of whether a charm confers good fortune.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	constitute	constitute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | would | which procedure |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **confer** | present | a fair test of a charm | good fortune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **test** |  |  | a charm |  |  |  |  | nom test «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 single trial conducted in the presence of the charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:e3:o1:1
# text = A single trial conducted in the presence of the charm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | participle |  | a single trial *not said here* |  | the presence of the charm |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in presence=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An enquiry into the age and origin of the charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:e3:o2:1
# text = An enquiry into the age and origin of the charm
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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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A count of outcomes with and without the charm over many occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:e3:o3:1
# text = A count of outcomes with and without the charm over many occasions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	outcomes	outcome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sworn testimony of the owner of the charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions:e3:o4:1
# text = The sworn testimony of the owner of the charm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	testimony	testimony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **testify** |  | the owner of the charm |  |  |  |  |  | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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