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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Fighting games at a friend's house · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parent who learns of a prohibited activity from a third party. Exam question 4 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 que
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# Exam question 4 · Fighting games at a friend's house

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parent who learns of a prohibited activity from a third party.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, parent · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, learn, prohibit · **To what, where:** response, parent, third party

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parent who learns of a prohibited activity from a third party.
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	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
21	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 parent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus parent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **learn** | present | a parent |  |  | a third party |  | of a prohibited activity | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent of activity=Theme from party=Source |
| 5 | **prohibit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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The parent is invariably indifferent to the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e4:o1:1
# text = The parent is invariably indifferent to the matter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the parent |  |  |  |  | to the matter; indifferent, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The concealment diminishes the parent's concern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e4:o2:1
# text = The concealment diminishes the parent's concern
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	diminishes	diminish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **diminish** | present | the concealment | the parent's concern |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer concern=Patient |
| 2 | **concern** |  | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom concern «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The parent is obliged to remain silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e4:o3:1
# text = The parent is obliged to remain silent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the parent |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The parent is frequently more distressed by the concealment than by the activity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:401-fighting-games-at-a-friends:e4:o4:1
# text = The parent is frequently more distressed by the concealment than by the activity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	distressed	distress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distress** | present · passive | the concealment | the parent |  |  |  | than the activity; frequently *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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