--- title: Ascertain the persons to whom a child may disclose his game password. — Puzzles, money and video games · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the persons to whom a child may disclose his game password. Exam question 4 of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» 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/243-puzzles-and-video-games/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/) / [Puzzles, money and video games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Puzzles, money and video games Ascertain the persons to whom a child may disclose his game password. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** ascertain, disclose · **To what, where:** persons, game password This is exam question 4 of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» 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/243-puzzles-and-video-games/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the persons to whom a child may disclose his game password. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP 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 disclose disclose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 password password NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the persons | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic | | 2 | **disclose** | may | a child | child's game password | the persons | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent password=Topic to whom=Recipient | 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} His parents only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:e4:o1:1 # text = His parents only 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His classmates ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:e4:o2:1 # text = His classmates 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 classmates classmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Any friendly player online ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:e4:o3:1 # text = Any friendly player online 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 online online ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Any person offering free currency ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:e4:o4:1 # text = Any person offering free currency 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 offering offer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 currency currency NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | gerund | any person *not said here* | free currency | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent currency=Theme | **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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