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description: Determine the most appropriate initial course of action upon discovering that a device fails to charge. Exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

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Determine the most appropriate initial course of action upon discovering that a device fails to charge.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, device · **What happens:** determine, discover, fail, not charge · **To what, where:** appropriate initial course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e2:1
# text = Determine the most appropriate initial course of action upon discovering that a device fails to charge.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 initial course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **discover** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fail** | present | a device |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **not** **charge** | to-infinitive | a device *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Interrogation of all members of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e2:o1:1
# text = Interrogation of all members of the household
1	Interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interrogate** |  |  | all members of the household |  |  |  |  | nom interrogation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Immediate accusation of the person who last used it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e2:o2:1
# text = Immediate accusation of the person who last used it
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Immediate accusation of the person | person |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **accuse** |  |  | the person |  |  |  |  | nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Verification of the simplest causes, such as whether the socket is switched on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e2:o3:1
# text = Verification of the simplest causes, such as whether the socket is switched on
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	simplest	simple	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | present · passive |  | the socket |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **verify** |  |  | the simplest causes |  |  |  |  | nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Purchase of a replacement charger without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:e2:o4:1
# text = Purchase of a replacement charger without delay
1	Purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	replacement	replacement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	charger	charger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** |  |  | a replacement charger |  |  |  | without delay | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

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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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