--- title: Ascertain the condition under which a child may enter another person… — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the condition under which a child may enter another person's house or car. Exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Greeting neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Greeting neighbours and new people Ascertain the condition under which a child may enter another person's house or car. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** ascertain, enter · **To what, where:** condition, house This is exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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/123-neighbours-and-new-people/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the condition under which a child may enter another person's house or car. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **enter** | may | a child | another person's house or car | | the condition | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | 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} Whenever the person seems kind and friendly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e4:o1:1 # text = Whenever the person seems kind and friendly 1 Whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | the person | | | | | kind *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Only with a parent or carer knowing and agreeing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e4:o2:1 # text = Only with a parent or carer knowing and agreeing 1 Only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 with with SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 carer carer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 agreeing agree VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | a parent or carer | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund | a parent or carer *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Whenever there is a pet to be shown inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e4:o3:1 # text = Whenever there is a pet to be shown inside 1 Whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl:relcl _ _ 9 inside inside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a pet | | | | | whenever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive · passive | a pet *not said here* | | | | | inside *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if the house or car is on the same street ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e4:o4:1 # text = Only if the house or car is on the same street 1 Only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the house or car | | | the same street | | | tree rules | **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. 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