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title: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct when looking… — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct when looking after a younger sibling at a park? Exam question 2 of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Younger children, losing and practising

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Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct when looking after a younger sibling at a park?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, look · **To what, where:** constitutes

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct when looking after a younger sibling at a park?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | constitutes |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after a younger sibling | at a park | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at park=Theme |

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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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Allowing him near water alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e2:o1:1
# text = Allowing him near water alone
1	Allowing	allow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | gerund |  |  | him *= he* | water |  | alone *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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

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Keeping him in sight and telling an adult at once if lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e2:o2:1
# text = Keeping him in sight and telling an adult at once if lost
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | sight |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leaving him to play while one plays elsewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e2:o3:1
# text = Leaving him to play while one plays elsewhere
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
7	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **play** | present | Leaving |  |  |  |  | elsewhere *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Searching alone for an hour before telling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:e2:o4:1
# text = Searching alone for an hour before telling
1	Searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour | alone *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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