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title: Ascertain whose regulations govern the activities of a minor visitin… — Fighting games at a friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain whose regulations govern the activities of a minor visiting the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents. Exam question 2 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 2 · Fighting games at a friend's house

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Ascertain whose regulations govern the activities of a minor visiting the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, regulations, minor · **What happens:** ascertain, govern, visit, absent · **To what, where:** activities, residence, parents

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e2:1
# text = Ascertain whose regulations govern the activities of a minor visiting the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	govern	govern	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	minor	minor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **govern** | present | regulations | the activities of a minor |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
| 3 | **visit** | gerund | a minor *not said here* | the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent residence=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **absent** |  |  | the peer's parents |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Those established by the minor's own parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e2:o1:1
# text = Those established by the minor's own parents
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
2	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	minor	minor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the minor's own parents | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Those determined by the eldest sibling present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e2:o2:1
# text = Those determined by the eldest sibling present
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
2	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the eldest sibling present | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Those prevailing in no particular household whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e2:o3:1
# text = Those prevailing in no particular household whatsoever
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | gerund | Those |  |  | no particular household |  | whatsoever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in household=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Those proposed by the owner of the console in question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e2:o4:1
# text = Those proposed by the owner of the console in question
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
2	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the owner of the console | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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