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title: Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for pr… — Mum's card: game money is real money · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for preventing unintended purchases by young children on a household device. Exam question 4 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real money» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Mum's card: game money is real money

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Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for preventing unintended purchases by young children on a household device.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, prevent · **To what, where:** measure, unintended purchases

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real money» 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/414-mums-card/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e4:1
# text = Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for preventing unintended purchases by young children on a household device.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	preventing	prevent	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	unintended	unintended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 measure |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **prevent** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | unintended purchases |  |  |  | by young children on a household device | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer purchase=Theme |

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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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Permitting purchases solely during daylight hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e4:o1:1
# text = Permitting purchases solely during daylight hours
1	Permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | gerund |  | purchases |  |  | hour | solely *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Retaining the payment card on the device without restriction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e4:o2:1
# text = Retaining the payment card on the device without restriction
1	Retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	restriction	restriction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | gerund |  | the payment card |  | the device |  | without restriction | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Recording the card numbers upon the device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e4:o3:1
# text = Recording the card numbers upon the device
1	Recording	record	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | gerund |  | the card numbers |  | the device |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent number=Theme upon device=Destination |

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

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Requiring a password or lock for every purchase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:e4:o4:1
# text = Requiring a password or lock for every purchase
1	Requiring	require	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund |  | a password or lock |  |  |  | for every purchase | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme password=Precondition |

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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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