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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appeal to the rules of another household? Exam question 3 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Screen-time rules and arguments

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appeal to the rules of another household?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** household · **What happens:** follow, characteris, rule · **To what, where:** appeal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appeal to the rules of another household?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a appeal |  |  |  | of the following statements; to the rules of another household; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **rule** |  | another household |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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It constitutes the most effective form of argument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e3:o1:1
# text = It constitutes the most effective form of argument
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | the effective form of argument |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | argument |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It obliges the parents to adopt the identical rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e3:o2:1
# text = It obliges the parents to adopt the identical rules
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | It | the parents |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient |
| 2 | **adopt** | to-infinitive |  | the identical rules |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

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

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It is unpersuasive, each family establishing its own rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e3:o3:1
# text = It is unpersuasive, each family establishing its own rules
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unpersuasive	unpersuasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	establishing	establish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | each family *obl*; unpersuasive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | gerund | each family *not said here* | family's own rules |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 3 | **rule** |  | family |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It is persuasive whenever the other child is older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e3:o4:1
# text = It is persuasive whenever the other child is older
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | persuasive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the other child |  |  |  |  | old, whenever *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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