--- title: Ascertain the course of action which most readily alleviates the dis… — Landing on an 18 film by accident: how… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the course of action which most readily alleviates the distress occasioned by an accidental viewing. Exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Landing on an 18 film by accident: how…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how… Ascertain the course of action which most readily alleviates the distress occasioned by an accidental viewing. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, alleviate, occasion · **To what, where:** course, action, distress This is exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the course of action which most readily alleviates the distress occasioned by an accidental viewing. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 readily readily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 alleviates alleviate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 occasioned occasion VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 accidental accidental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 viewing viewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | | 2 | **alleviate** | present | | action | | | | readily *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **occasion** | participle | | the distress *not said here* | | | | by a accidental viewing | tree rules | 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} Seeking out the remainder of the material ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:e4:o1:1 # text = Seeking out the remainder of the material 1 Seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 remainder remainder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek out** | gerund | | the remainder of the material | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Abstaining from all television permanently ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:e4:o2:1 # text = Abstaining from all television permanently 1 Abstaining abstain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 permanently permanently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abstain** | gerund | | | | all television | | permanently *property* | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from television=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Informing a trusted adult of the incident ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:e4:o3:1 # text = Informing a trusted adult of the incident 1 Informing inform VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 incident incident NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | | | a trusted adult of the incident | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Concealing the incident from all persons ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:e4:o4:1 # text = Concealing the incident from all persons 1 Concealing conceal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 incident incident NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | gerund | | the incident | | | | from all persons | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent incident=Patient from person=Beneficiary | **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. 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