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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Closed doors, whispers and secrets · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a secret relating to being touched or hurt. Exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 3 · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a secret relating to being touched or hurt.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, secret · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, relate, touch, hurt · **To what, where:** response, secret

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» 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/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a secret relating to being touched or hurt.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	relating	relate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a secret |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secret=Experiencer |
| 4 | **relate** | gerund | a secret *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **touch** | gerund · passive | a secret *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **hurt** | participle | a secret *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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It must be retained indefinitely as instructed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets:e3:o1:1
# text = It must be retained indefinitely as instructed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | must · passive |  | It |  |  |  | indefinitely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It may be disclosed solely to a younger sibling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets:e3:o2:1
# text = It may be disclosed solely to a younger sibling
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | may · passive |  | It | a younger sibling |  |  | solely *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to sibling=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It must be disclosed only upon reaching adulthood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets:e3:o3:1
# text = It must be disclosed only upon reaching adulthood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	adulthood	adulthood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | must · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund |  | adulthood |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent adulthood=Theme |

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

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It must be disclosed to a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets:e3:o4:1
# text = It must be disclosed to a trusted adult
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | must · passive |  | It | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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