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title: Ascertain the purpose of conducting the transfer of a child between… — When parents separate · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose of conducting the transfer of a child between parents at a neutral location. Exam question 4 of lesson 15 «When parents separate» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Exam question 4 · When parents separate

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Ascertain the purpose of conducting the transfer of a child between parents at a neutral location.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purpose · **What happens:** ascertain, conduct, transfer · **To what, where:** purpose, transfer, neutral location, child

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 15 «When parents separate» 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/15-when-parents-separate/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of conducting the transfer of a child between parents at a neutral location.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	conducting	conduct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	neutral	neutral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 purpose |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **conduct** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | the transfer of a child between parents |  | a neutral location |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent transfer=Theme at location=Destination |
| 3 | **transfer** |  |  | a child between parents |  |  |  |  | nom transfer «act 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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To prevent the child from seeing either parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e4:o1:1
# text = To prevent the child from seeing either parent
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer child=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | gerund |  | either parent |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To comply with the requirements of the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e4:o2:1
# text = To comply with the requirements of the police
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	comply	comply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comply** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the requirements of the police | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** |  |  | the police |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To permit the purchase of groceries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e4:o3:1
# text = To permit the purchase of groceries
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	permit	permit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	groceries	grocery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | the purchase of groceries |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Theme |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | groceries |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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To ensure that the handover is calm and expeditious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:e4:o4:1
# text = To ensure that the handover is calm and expeditious
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	handover	handover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	expeditious	expeditious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | the handover |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the handover *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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