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title: Whereas a child has experienced such an accident, ascertain the stat… — Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a child has experienced such an accident, ascertain the statement concerning that child which this lesson affirms. Exam question 4 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 prag
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# Exam question 4 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

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Whereas a child has experienced such an accident, ascertain the statement concerning that child which this lesson affirms.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you, lesson · **What happens:** experience, ascertain, affirm · **To what, where:** accident, statement concerning, child

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e4:1
# text = Whereas a child has experienced such an accident, ascertain the statement concerning that child which this lesson affirms.
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	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	concerning	concerning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	affirms	affirm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present · perfect | a child | such accident |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer accident=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement concerning |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concerning=Topic |
| 3 | **affirm** | present | this lesson | that child |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=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 {#o1}

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The child has become an adult as a consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e4:o1:1
# text = The child has become an adult as a consequence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · perfect | the child | a adult as a consequence |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The accident does not alter who the child is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e4:o2:1
# text = The accident does not alter who the child is
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **alter** | present · do-support | the accident |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the child |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The child is to be excluded from viewing films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e4:o3:1
# text = The child is to be excluded from viewing films
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	viewing	view	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | present · passive |  | the child |  | viewing films |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from film=Eventuality |
| 2 | **view** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child must disclose it to the entire school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:e4:o4:1
# text = The child must disclose it to the entire school
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | must | the child | it | the entire school |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to school=Recipient |

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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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