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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Getting help is not telling tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parental instruction never to inform on others. Exam question 4 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Getting help is not telling tales

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parental instruction never to inform on others.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, not inform · **To what, where:** response, parental instruction, others

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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/369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parental instruction never to inform on others.
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	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a parental instruction |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus instruction=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the established facts *not said here* |  |  | others |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Such an instruction applies to injuries, but not to cases of bullying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e4:o1:1
# text = Such an instruction applies to injuries, but not to cases of bullying
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | such instruction |  |  |  |  | to injuries; to cases of bullying | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such an instruction must be obeyed in every circumstance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e4:o2:1
# text = Such an instruction must be obeyed in every circumstance
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | must · passive |  | such instruction |  | every circumstance |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such an instruction is endorsed by all schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e4:o3:1
# text = Such an instruction is endorsed by all schools
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	endorsed	endorse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endorse** | present · passive | all schools | such instruction |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The safety of children takes precedence over such an instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:369-getting-help-is-not-telling-tales:e4:o4:1
# text = The safety of children takes precedence over such an instruction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	precedence	precedence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | the safety of children | precedence |  | such instruction |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme |

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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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