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description: Ascertain the appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person who has not yet viewed it. Exam question 4 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 4 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

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Ascertain the appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person who has not yet viewed it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, film · **What happens:** ascertain, not view, characterise, disclose, end · **To what, where:** appropriate characterisation, person, deliberate disclosure, ending

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person who has not yet viewed it.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
20	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	viewed	view	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **view** | present · perfect · passive |  | a person |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **characterise** |  |  | the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **disclose** |  |  | a film's ending to a person |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **end** |  | a film |  |  |  |  | to a person | nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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 customary courtesy between brothers and sisters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e4:o1:1
# text = A customary courtesy between brothers and sisters
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A criminal offence punishable by the courts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e4:o2:1
# text = A criminal offence punishable by the courts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	punishable	punishable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A service which renders the film more enjoyable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e4:o3:1
# text = A service which renders the film more enjoyable
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | a service | the film |  |  |  | enjoyable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

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

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A minor unkindness for which an apology is due

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e4:o4:1
# text = A minor unkindness for which an apology is due
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	unkindness	unkindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a minor unkindness for a apology |  |  |  |  | due *property* | 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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