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description: Whereas a child has terminated the viewing of a frightening film prior to its conclusion, ascertain the assessment which this lesson commends. Exam question 4 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

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Whereas a child has terminated the viewing of a frightening film prior to its conclusion, ascertain the assessment which this lesson commends.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lesson, child · **What happens:** terminate, ascertain, commend, conclude · **To what, where:** child, assessment

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e4:1
# text = Whereas a child has terminated the viewing of a frightening film prior to its conclusion, ascertain the assessment which this lesson commends.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
17	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obj	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	commends	commend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | present · perfect · passive |  | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the assessment |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assessment=Topic |
| 3 | **commend** | present | this lesson | the assessment |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 4 | **conclude** |  | child |  |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 breach of the rules governing sleepovers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e4:o1:1
# text = A breach of the rules governing sleepovers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	governing	govern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	sleepovers	sleepover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | gerund | the rules *not said here* | sleepovers |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sleepover=Theme |
| 2 | **breach** |  |  | the rules |  |  |  |  | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An error requiring the film to be restarted from the beginning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e4:o2:1
# text = An error requiring the film to be restarted from the beginning
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	restarted	restart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a error *not said here* | the film |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme film=Precondition |
| 2 | **restart** | to-infinitive · passive | a error *not said here* | the film *not said here* |  |  | from the beginning |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An act of cowardice warranting correction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e4:o3:1
# text = An act of cowardice warranting correction
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cowardice	cowardice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	warranting	warrant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warrant** | gerund | a act of cowardice *not said here* | correction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** |  | cowardice |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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A sensible decision, being right for that child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:e4:o4:1
# text = A sensible decision, being right for that child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | a sensible decision |  |  |  |  | for that child; right *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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