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title: Ascertain the proper response to an application requesting access to… — Stop, think, check, ask · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the proper response to an application requesting access to the microphone and location without evident necessity. Exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 4 · Stop, think, check, ask

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Ascertain the proper response to an application requesting access to the microphone and location without evident necessity.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, application · **What happens:** ascertain, request · **To what, where:** proper response, access

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Stop, think, check, ask» of the AI 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/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the proper response to an application requesting access to the microphone and location without evident necessity.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	microphone	microphone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	evident	evident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	necessity	necessity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proper response |  |  |  | to a application | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **request** | gerund | a application *not said here* | access |  |  |  | to the microphone and location; without evident necessity | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent access=Recipient |

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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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Refusal of permissions not required, with the assistance of an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:e4:o1:1
# text = Refusal of permissions not required, with the assistance of an adult
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	permissions	permission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **require** | participle · passive |  | Refusal of permissions |  |  |  | with the assistance of a adult | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **refuse** |  |  | permissions |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **assist** |  |  | a adult |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Granting of permissions provided the application is popular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:e4:o2:1
# text = Granting of permissions provided the application is popular
1	Granting	granting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	permissions	permission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | past | Granting of permissions |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | the application |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Granting of all permissions requested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:e4:o3:1
# text = Granting of all permissions requested
1	Granting	granting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	permissions	permission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | participle |  | all permissions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Removal of the microphone from the device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:14-stop-think-check-ask:e4:o4:1
# text = Removal of the microphone from the device
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	microphone	microphone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | the microphone from the device |  |  |  |  | nom removal «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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