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description: It is given that a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home. Determine the most appropriate conduct. Exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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It is given that a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home. Determine the most appropriate conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, have, believe, be, determine · **To what, where:** It, reason, home, appropriate conduct · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:1
# text = It is given that a child has reason to believe that another child may be unsafe at home.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | a child | reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
| 3 | **believe** | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | may | another child |  |  | home |  | unsafe *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the most appropriate conduct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:2
# text = Determine the most appropriate conduct.
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	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To confront the household concerned in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:o1:1
# text = To confront the household concerned in person
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	confront	confront	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confront** | to-infinitive |  | the household |  |  |  | in person; concerned *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To refrain from any action whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:o2:1
# text = To refrain from any action whatsoever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | any action |  | whatsoever *property* | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from action=Eventuality |

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

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To communicate the concern to a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:o3:1
# text = To communicate the concern to a trusted adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
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	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | to-infinitive |  | the concern | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Topic to adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To disseminate the concern among classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e4:o4:1
# text = To disseminate the concern among classmates
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disseminate	disseminate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disseminate** | to-infinitive |  | the concern |  |  |  | among classmates | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Theme among classmate=Recipient |

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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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