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title: Identify the principal reason for which a child threatened with «Don… — Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard mome… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a child threatened with «Don't tell or it will be worse» should nevertheless tell a trusted adult. Exam question 2 of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

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Identify the principal reason for which a child threatened with «Don't tell or it will be worse» should nevertheless tell a trusted adult.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child, principal reason · **What happens:** identify, threaten, not tell, be, tell, trust · **To what, where:** trusted adult · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child threatened with «Don't tell or it will be worse» should nevertheless tell a trusted adult.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:outer	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
19	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	amod	_	_
26	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **threaten** | participle | a child |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | child |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | the principal reason |  | a trusted adult |  |  | nevertheless *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 6 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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Telling is permitted only after a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:e2:o1:1
# text = Telling is permitted only after a week
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **permit** | present · passive | Telling |  |  |  | week |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Telling always makes matters worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:e2:o2:1
# text = Telling always makes matters worse
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | Telling | matters |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset matter=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adults cannot act unless the bully agrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:e2:o3:1
# text = Adults cannot act unless the bully agrees
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **act** | can | Adults |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the bully |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Bullies rely upon silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments:e2:o4:1
# text = Bullies rely upon silence
1	Bullies	bully	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rely	rely	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | present | Bullies |  |  |  |  | upon silence | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: 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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