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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child's request to alter a household rule. Exam question 4 of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Warm parents and strict parents

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child's request to alter a household rule.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, alter, request · **To what, where:** response, request, household rule

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child's request to alter a household rule.
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	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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's request |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus request=Experiencer |
| 4 | **alter** | to-infinitive | the established facts *not said here* | a household rule |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 5 | **request** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A calm proposal of terms is more effective than shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e4:o1:1
# text = A calm proposal of terms is more effective than shouting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a calm proposal of terms |  |  |  |  | effective *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | a calm proposal of terms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **propose** |  | terms |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Shouting is the most effective means of altering a rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e4:o2:1
# text = Shouting is the most effective means of altering a rule
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	altering	alter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **alter** | gerund | Shouting *not said here* | a rule |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child must first secure the agreement of a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e4:o3:1
# text = The child must first secure the agreement of a friend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | must | the child | the agreement of a friend |  |  |  | first *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition agreement=Theme |
| 2 | **agree** |  | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rules cannot be altered by any means whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:e4:o4:1
# text = Rules cannot be altered by any means whatsoever
1	Rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **alter** | can · passive |  | Rules |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | any | whatsoever |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Topic |

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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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