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title: Identify the two steps which this lesson prescribes in the event of… — Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the two steps which this lesson prescribes in the event of a child encountering adult material on a screen. Exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

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Identify the two steps which this lesson prescribes in the event of a child encountering adult material on a screen.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lesson, child · **What happens:** identify, prescribe, encounter · **To what, where:** two steps, event, adult material, screen

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e1:1
# text = Identify the two steps which this lesson prescribes in the event of a child encountering adult material on a screen.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	prescribes	prescribe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 two steps |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent step=Theme |
| 2 | **prescribe** | present | this lesson | the two steps |  | the event of a child |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **encounter** | gerund | a child *not said here* | adult material |  | a screen |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer material=Stimulus |

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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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Cessation of viewing, and notification of a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e1:o1:1
# text = Cessation of viewing, and notification of a trusted adult
1	Cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cease** |  |  | viewing |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **notify** |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  |  | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Reduction of volume, and concealment of the incident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e1:o2:1
# text = Reduction of volume, and concealment of the incident
1	Reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** |  |  | volume |  |  |  |  | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **conceal** |  |  | the incident |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Change of channel, and immediate dismissal from mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e1:o3:1
# text = Change of channel, and immediate dismissal from mind
1	Change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	channel	channel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dismissal	dismissal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** |  | channel |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Continuation of viewing, and notification of a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e1:o4:1
# text = Continuation of viewing, and notification of a friend
1	Continuation	continuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** |  |  | viewing |  |  |  |  | nom continuation «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **notify** |  |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | nom notification «act 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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