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title: It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, conceal… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park. Select the response consistent with honesty. Exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

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It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park. Select the response consistent with honesty.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, unwill, attend, conceal, select · **To what, where:** It, Sunday school, child, park, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	unwilling	unwill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **unwill** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  | Sunday school |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal |
| 4 | **conceal** | past |  | child |  | a park |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in park=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with honesty.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with honesty.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The child bears no responsibility for the parent's worry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:o1:1
# text = The child bears no responsibility for the parent's worry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** |  | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child acted prudently in concealing himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:o2:1
# text = The child acted prudently in concealing himself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	prudently	prudently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	concealing	conceal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past | the child |  |  |  |  | prudently *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** | gerund | the child *not said here* | child |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child ought to have feigned an illness in order to avoid the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:o3:1
# text = The child ought to have feigned an illness in order to avoid the class
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | ought · perfect · passive |  | the child |  | order |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | the class |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent class=Location |

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

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The child ought to have stated his unwillingness openly to his parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:e3:o4:1
# text = The child ought to have stated his unwillingness openly to his parent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	unwillingness	unwillingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | ought · perfect · passive |  | the child |  |  |  | to child's parent; openly *property* | 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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