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description: Determine the most prudent course of action where an unknown participant in an online game requests a child's age and place of residence. Exam question 4 of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · Older siblings and YouTube gameplay

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Determine the most prudent course of action where an unknown participant in an online game requests a child's age and place of residence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, unknown participant · **What happens:** determine, request · **To what, where:** prudent course, age

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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/423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:e4:1
# text = Determine the most prudent course of action where an unknown participant in an online game requests a child's age and place of residence.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prudent course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **request** | present | a unknown participant in a online game | a child's age and place of residence |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To disconnect and inform a responsible adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:e4:o1:1
# text = To disconnect and inform a responsible adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disconnect	disconnect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disconnect** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  | a responsible adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To supply the information with courtesy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:e4:o2:1
# text = To supply the information with courtesy
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | to-infinitive |  | the information |  |  |  | with courtesy | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent information=Recipient with courtesy=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To request the participant's details in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:e4:o3:1
# text = To request the participant's details in return
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	request	request	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | to-infinitive |  | the participant's details |  | return |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient |
| 2 | **detail** |  | the participant |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To supply false information in jest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:e4:o4:1
# text = To supply false information in jest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | to-infinitive |  | false information |  | jest |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Recipient |

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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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