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# Exam question 1 · Warm parents and strict parents

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the motives of strict parents as described in the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe · **To what, where:** motives, lesson

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the motives of strict parents as described in the lesson?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	motives	motive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 |  | the motives of strict parents |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Concern for the child's sleep, schooling and safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e1:o1:1
# text = Concern for the child's sleep, schooling and safety
1	Concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	schooling	schooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Obedience to a law prescribing strictness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e1:o2:1
# text = Obedience to a law prescribing strictness
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	prescribing	prescribe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	strictness	strictness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | gerund | Obedience to a law *not said here* | strictness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Indifference as to the child's welfare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e1:o3:1
# text = Indifference as to the child's welfare
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	welfare	welfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wish to deprive the child of all enjoyment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e1:o4:1
# text = A wish to deprive the child of all enjoyment
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	deprive	deprive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deprive** | to-infinitive |  | the child of all enjoyment |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Source |

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