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description: Identify the course of action required of an older child whose demonstration of a move has injured a younger sibling. Exam question 2 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Copying game moves on a little brother

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Identify the course of action required of an older child whose demonstration of a move has injured a younger sibling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, demonstration · **What happens:** identify, require, injure, demonstrate · **To what, where:** course, action, younger sibling, move

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action required of an older child whose demonstration of a move has injured a younger sibling.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	injured	injure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	amod	_	_
20	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | participle |  | action *not said here* |  |  |  | of a older child | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **injure** | present · perfect | demonstration of a move | a younger sibling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **demonstrate** |  |  | a move |  |  |  |  | nom demonstration «act 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 {#o1}

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To repeat the demonstration with greater care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e2:o1:1
# text = To repeat the demonstration with greater care
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | to-infinitive |  | the demonstration |  |  |  | with greater care | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent demonstration=Eventuality with care=Subeventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To attribute the injury to the younger sibling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e2:o2:1
# text = To attribute the injury to the younger sibling
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | to-infinitive |  | the injury |  |  |  | to the younger sibling | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To cease immediately, render assistance and summon an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e2:o3:1
# text = To cease immediately, render assistance and summon an adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cease	cease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	summon	summon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **render** | present |  | assistance |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme |
| 3 | **summon** | infinitive |  |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To conceal the occurrence from all adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e2:o4:1
# text = To conceal the occurrence from all adults
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the occurrence |  |  |  | from all adults | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent occurrence=Patient from adult=Beneficiary |

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