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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Nightmares after a scary game · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, upon disclosure of a frightening image to a trusted adult, finds the fear diminished. Exam question 4 of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Nightmares after a scary game

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, upon disclosure of a frightening image to a trusted adult, finds the fear diminished.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, fear · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, trust, find, diminish · **To what, where:** response, child, frightening image · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, upon disclosure of a frightening image to a trusted adult, finds the fear diminished.
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	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	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 child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 4 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **find** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **diminish** | past | the fear |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **disclose** |  |  | a frightening image to a trusted adult |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Discussing a fear with a trusted adult commonly reduces it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e4:o1:1
# text = Discussing a fear with a trusted adult commonly reduces it
1	Discussing	discuss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	commonly	commonly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | gerund |  | a fear |  |  |  | with a trusted adult | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fear=Topic with adult=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reduce** | present | Discussing | fear |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fear can be reduced only by further exposure to the frightening images

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e4:o2:1
# text = Fear can be reduced only by further exposure to the frightening images
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | can · passive | further exposure | Fear |  |  |  | to the frightening images *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Patient to image=Goal |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Disclosure invariably intensifies fear in the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e4:o3:1
# text = Disclosure invariably intensifies fear in the child
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	intensifies	intensify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intensify** | present | Disclosure | fear |  |  |  | in the child; invariably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Disclosure is of no effect whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:e4:o4:1
# text = Disclosure is of no effect whatsoever
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Disclosure |  |  |  |  | of no effect; whatsoever *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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