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# Exam question 2 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

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Determine the function of a personal identification number within the parental controls of a television service.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e2:1
# text = Determine the function of a personal identification number within the parental controls of a television service.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	identification	identification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	controls	control	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of a personal identification number |  |  |  | within the parental controls of a television service | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic |

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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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To reduce the cost of renting films above a certain age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e2:o1:1
# text = To reduce the cost of renting films above a certain age
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	renting	rent	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | to-infinitive |  | the cost |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient |
| 2 | **rent** | gerund | the cost *not said here* | films |  |  | above a certain age |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To permit the playing of every film without restriction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e2:o2:1
# text = To permit the playing of every film without restriction
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	permit	permit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	restriction	restriction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | the playing of every film |  |  |  | without restriction | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playing=Theme |
| 2 | **play** |  | every film |  |  |  |  |  | nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To record the films watched for the purposes of school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e2:o3:1
# text = To record the films watched for the purposes of school
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | to-infinitive | the films *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **watch** | past | the films |  |  |  |  | for the purposes of school | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for purpose=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | school |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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To restrict the playing of films above a chosen age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e2:o4:1
# text = To restrict the playing of films above a chosen age
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	restrict	restrict	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | to-infinitive |  | the playing of films |  |  | above a chosen age |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer playing=Patient |
| 2 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **play** |  | films |  |  |  | above a chosen age |  | nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent above=place |

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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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