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# Exam question 4 · Windows, balconies and furniture

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Pursuant to the hanging of blind cords, ascertain the precaution required in respect of young children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ascertain, require, respect · **To what, where:** precaution, respect, young children

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» of the everyday 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/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the hanging of blind cords, ascertain the precaution required in respect of young children.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hanging	hanging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	precaution	precaution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | present |  | the precaution |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic |
| 2 | **require** | participle |  | the precaution *not said here* |  | respect of young children |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | young children |  |  |  |  | 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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Tie them up high or wind them on a cleat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e4:o1:1
# text = Tie them up high or wind them on a cleat
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cleat	cleat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | on a cleat; high wind *obl* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient on cleat=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Remove the blind and leave the cord in place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e4:o2:1
# text = Remove the blind and leave the cord in place
1	Remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | the blind |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blind=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | you *not said here* | the cord |  | place |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cord=Theme in place=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tie them into a loop near the windowsill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e4:o3:1
# text = Tie them into a loop near the windowsill
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | near the windowsill; into a loop | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient into loop=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let them hang loose to the floor in reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:110-windows-balconies-and-furniture:e4:o4:1
# text = Let them hang loose to the floor in reach
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  | reach |  | to the floor; loose *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reach=Location |

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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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