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title: Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute b… — Parents who row, and one kind and one… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute becomes physical or frightening. Exam question 2 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

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Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute becomes physical or frightening.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parental dispute · **What happens:** identify, become · **To what, where:** appropriate course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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/496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e2:1
# text = Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute becomes physical or frightening.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	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 appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present | a parental dispute |  |  |  |  | physical *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Personal intervention between the disputing parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e2:o1:1
# text = Personal intervention between the disputing parties
1	Personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	disputing	disputing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Departure from the dwelling without informing anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e2:o2:1
# text = Departure from the dwelling without informing anyone
1	Departure	departure	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	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	informing	inform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	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 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | the dwelling *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Disclosure to a teacher, a trusted adult or Childline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e2:o3:1
# text = Disclosure to a teacher, a trusted adult or Childline
1	Disclosure	disclosure	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	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Childline	Childline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment of the matter from all persons outside the home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e2:o4:1
# text = Concealment of the matter from all persons outside the home
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** |  |  | the matter from all persons outside the home |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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