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title: It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement… — Parents who row, and one kind and one… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively. State the conduct recommended in the lesson. Exam question 4 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 pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

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It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively. State the conduct recommended in the lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one parent, child, you · **What happens:** give, respond, achieve, state, recommend · **To what, where:** It, conduct, lesson

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:1
# text = It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	responds	respond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
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	achievement	achievement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
17	dismissively	dismissively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | one parent |  |  |  |  | to a child's achievement; dismissively, warmly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to achievement=Theme |
| 3 | **achieve** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom achievement «act 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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the conduct recommended in the lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:2
# text = State the conduct recommended in the lesson.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  | the lesson |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To inform the warm parent of one's feelings whilst continuing to love both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:o1:1
# text = To inform the warm parent of one's feelings whilst continuing to love both
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the warm parent of one's feelings |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **continue** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **love** | to-infinitive |  | both |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer both=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To abandon the activity which attracted the dismissive remark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:o2:1
# text = To abandon the activity which attracted the dismissive remark
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	attracted	attract	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | to-infinitive |  | the activity |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme activity=Source |
| 2 | **attract** | past | the activity | the dismissive remark |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To accept the dismissive remark as an accurate assessment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:o3:1
# text = To accept the dismissive remark as an accurate assessment
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | to-infinitive |  | the dismissive remark |  |  |  | as a accurate assessment | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent remark=Theme as assessment=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To withdraw all affection from the dismissive parent forthwith and to inform the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:496-parents-who-row-and-one-kind-and-one-not:e4:o4:1
# text = To withdraw all affection from the dismissive parent forthwith and to inform the school
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dismissive	dismissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive |  | all affection |  |  |  | from the dismissive parent | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme from parent=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the school |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient |

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