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title: State the activity appropriate for a child who is bored and has no s… — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the activity appropriate for a child who is bored and has no screen. Exam question 4 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

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State the activity appropriate for a child who is bored and has no screen.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** screen

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e4:1
# text = State the activity appropriate for a child who is bored and has no screen.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a child |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | a child *not said here* | no screen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=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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Exploring a building site

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e4:o1:1
# text = Exploring a building site
1	Exploring	explore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explore** | gerund |  | a building site |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent site=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climbing onto the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e4:o2:1
# text = Climbing onto the roof
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  |  |  | the roof |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto roof=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Building a den, reading, drawing or helping to cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e4:o3:1
# text = Building a den, reading, drawing or helping to cook
1	Building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | gerund |  | a den and reading |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset den=Product |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **help** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **cook** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Searching for excitement in risky places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e4:o4:1
# text = Searching for excitement in risky places
1	Searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  | risky places |  | for excitement | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for excitement=Theme in place=Location |

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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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