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title: Ascertain the course of conduct appropriate to a minor in respect of… — Dates, engagements and weddings · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of conduct appropriate to a minor in respect of persons known solely through the internet. Exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 4 · Dates, engagements and weddings

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Ascertain the course of conduct appropriate to a minor in respect of persons known solely through the internet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, know, respect · **To what, where:** course, persons, internet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life 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/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of conduct appropriate to a minor in respect of persons known solely through the internet.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	minor	minor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | persons *not said here* |  | the internet |  | solely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | persons |  |  |  |  | nom respect «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 {#o1}

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Such persons ought to be met only in the company of a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:e4:o1:1
# text = Such persons ought to be met only in the company of a friend
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | ought · passive |  | Such persons |  | the company of a friend |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such persons may be met provided their messages are courteous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:e4:o2:1
# text = Such persons may be met provided their messages are courteous
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | may · passive |  | Such persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **provide** | past | Such persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is** | present | persons's messages |  |  |  |  | courteous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Such persons ought never to be met in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:e4:o3:1
# text = Such persons ought never to be met in person
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** | ought · passive |  | Such persons |  |  |  | in person | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such persons may be met provided it is daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:e4:o4:1
# text = Such persons may be met provided it is daylight
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | may · passive |  | Such persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **provide** | past | Such persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | daylight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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