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description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo…

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, use, respect · **To what, where:** response, term, young child

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	clingy	clingy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a young child |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 child is anxious and reluctant to be parted from the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e3:o1:1
# text = The child is anxious and reluctant to be parted from the parent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	parted	part	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child |  |  |  |  | anxious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **part** | to-infinitive · passive | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the parent | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from parent=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child's hands are adhesive owing to the consumption of confectionery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e3:o2:1
# text = The child's hands are adhesive owing to the consumption of confectionery
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child's hands |  |  |  |  | adhesive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the child's hands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the consumption of confectionery *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to consumption=Goal |
| 3 | **consume** |  |  | confectionery |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child habitually climbs upon furniture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e3:o3:1
# text = The child habitually climbs upon furniture
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | the child |  |  | furniture |  | habitually *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon furniture=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child is susceptible to the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e3:o4:1
# text = The child is susceptible to the cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	susceptible	susceptible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child |  |  |  |  | to the cold; susceptible *property* | tree rules |

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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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