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title: Given that a child is afraid to return home on account of a parent's… — Shouty parents and bad days · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a child is afraid to return home on account of a parent's anger, ascertain the most appropriate course. Exam question 3 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · Shouty parents and bad days

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Given that a child is afraid to return home on account of a parent's anger, ascertain the most appropriate course.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, parent · **What happens:** give, be, return, ascertain, account, anger · **To what, where:** account, appropriate course, anger

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e3:1
# text = Given that a child is afraid to return home on account of a parent's anger, ascertain the most appropriate course.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	21	advmod	_	_
21	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | a child |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **return** | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* |  |  | account of a parent's anger |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **ascertain** | infinitive | a child *not said here* | the appropriate course |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 5 | **account** |  |  | a parent's anger |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **anger** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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To await improvement without speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e3:o1:1
# text = To await improvement without speaking
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | to-infinitive |  | improvement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To conceal the matter from every adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e3:o2:1
# text = To conceal the matter from every adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  |  | from every adult | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To remain outdoors until after nightfall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e3:o3:1
# text = To remain outdoors until after nightfall
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | until nightfall | outdoors *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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To inform a trusted adult or telephone Childline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e3:o4:1
# text = To inform a trusted adult or telephone Childline
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	Childline	Childline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a trusted adult or telephone |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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