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description: Identify the principal reason for which adults frequently conceal grave family news from children. Exam question 1 of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 1 · Lied to by someone you love

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Identify the principal reason for which adults frequently conceal grave family news from children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adults · **What happens:** identify, conceal · **To what, where:** principal reason, grave family news

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which adults frequently conceal grave family news from children.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | present | adults | grave family news |  |  |  | for the principal reason; from children; frequently *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent news=Patient from child=Beneficiary |

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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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A belief that children never notice anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e1:o1:1
# text = A belief that children never notice anything
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | present | children | anything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A legal requirement to withhold such news until the children are older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e1:o2:1
# text = A legal requirement to withhold such news until the children are older
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	withhold	withhold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | to-infinitive | a legal requirement *not said here* | such news |  |  | until the children |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a legal requirement |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wish to deceive the children for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e1:o3:1
# text = A wish to deceive the children for amusement
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | the children |  |  |  | for amusement | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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

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A wish to protect the children from distress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love:e1:o4:1
# text = A wish to protect the children from distress
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | the children |  |  | from distress | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary from distress=Theme |

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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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