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title: Determine the most reliable source of information concerning the arr… — The rumour that grows · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the most reliable source of information concerning the arrangements for a school trip. Exam question 2 of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · The rumour that grows

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Determine the most reliable source of information concerning the arrangements for a school trip.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, information · **What happens:** determine, concern · **To what, where:** reliable source, arrangements

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» 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/167-the-rumour-that-grows/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:e2:1
# text = Determine the most reliable source of information concerning the arrangements for a school trip.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 reliable source of information |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Topic |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | information *not said here* | the arrangements |  |  |  | for a school trip | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arrangement=Experiencer |

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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 message in a class group chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:e2:o1:1
# text = A message in a class group chat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Conversation among pupils on the bus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:e2:o2:1
# text = Conversation among pupils on the bus
1	Conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A relative attending a different school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:e2:o3:1
# text = A relative attending a different school
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | gerund | a relative *not said here* | a different school |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The school office, letter or website

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:e2:o4:1
# text = The school office, letter or website
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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