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title: Ascertain the reason for which scarves and clothing with cords are r… — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which scarves and clothing with cords are removed before using playground equipment. Exam question 4 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 4 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

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Ascertain the reason for which scarves and clothing with cords are removed before using playground equipment.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, remove, use · **To what, where:** reason, scarves, playground equipment

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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/228-parks-and-playgrounds/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which scarves and clothing with cords are removed before using playground equipment.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	scarves	scarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **remove** | present · passive |  | which scarves and clothing with cords |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | gerund |  | playground equipment |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=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 {#o1}

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They become dirty on the equipment and must be laundered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e4:o1:1
# text = They become dirty on the equipment and must be laundered
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	laundered	launder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | They |  |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **launder** | must · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They may catch and cause strangulation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e4:o2:1
# text = They may catch and cause strangulation
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	strangulation	strangulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | may | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | infinitive | They *not said here* | strangulation |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition strangulation=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They slow children down on the slides considerably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e4:o3:1
# text = They slow children down on the slides considerably
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slow	slow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	slides	slide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | present | They | children |  | the slides |  | considerably, down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are against the rules of schools only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:e4:o4:1
# text = They are against the rules of schools only
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | against the rules; of schools | 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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