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description: Identify the principal object of a parent who, upon learning that a child has viewed adult material by accident, enquires as to the child's feelings. Exam question 1 of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · The parents walk in: how good parents react

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Identify the principal object of a parent who, upon learning that a child has viewed adult material by accident, enquires as to the child's feelings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, parent, accident · **What happens:** identify, learn, view, enquire · **To what, where:** principal object, child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal object of a parent who, upon learning that a child has viewed adult material by accident, enquires as to the child's feelings.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	viewed	view	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
17	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	enquires	enquire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
23	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	28	case	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal object of a parent |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **view** | present · perfect · passive | accident | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **enquire** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  | as the child's feelings | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The care of the child's emotional wellbeing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:e1:o1:1
# text = The care of the child's emotional wellbeing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wellbeing	wellbeing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** |  | the child's emotional wellbeing |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The satisfaction of the parent's curiosity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:e1:o2:1
# text = The satisfaction of the parent's curiosity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **satisfy** |  |  | the parent's curiosity |  |  |  |  | nom satisfaction «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The collection of evidence for a punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:e1:o3:1
# text = The collection of evidence for a punishment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The assessment of the child's memory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:e1:o4:1
# text = The assessment of the child's memory
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** |  |  | the child's memory |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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