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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Blocking, muting and walking away · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who experiences intense anger whilst playing a game. Exam question 4 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · Blocking, muting and walking away

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who experiences intense anger whilst playing a game.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, experience, play · **To what, where:** response, child, intense anger, game

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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/481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who experiences intense anger whilst playing a game.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	intense	intense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 4 | **experience** | present | a child | intense anger |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus |
| 5 | **play** | gerund | a child *not said here* | a game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Withdrawal from the screen and physical activity assist in dissipating it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e4:o1:1
# text = Withdrawal from the screen and physical activity assist in dissipating it
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	assist	assist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dissipating	dissipate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissipate** | gerund | Withdrawal from the screen and physical activity assist *not said here* | assist |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Continued play invariably reduces the anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e4:o2:1
# text = Continued play invariably reduces the anger
1	Continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | present | Continued play | the anger |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anger=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Anger of this kind cannot be relieved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e4:o3:1
# text = Anger of this kind cannot be relieved
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	relieved	relieved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | Anger of this kind |  |  |  |  | relieved *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **anger** |  | this kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The striking of objects is a harmless and recommended remedy for such anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:e4:o4:1
# text = The striking of objects is a harmless and recommended remedy for such anger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	striking	striking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle | the striking of objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the striking of objects | a harmless remedy |  |  |  | for such anger | tree rules |
| 3 | **strike** |  |  | objects |  |  |  |  | nom striking «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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