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description: Identify the course of action recommended where a child observes a parent slurring, stumbling and neglecting engagements owing to alcohol. Exam question 2 of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

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Identify the course of action recommended where a child observes a parent slurring, stumbling and neglecting engagements owing to alcohol.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child, parent, engagements · **What happens:** identify, recommend, observe, slur, stumble, neglect · **To what, where:** course, action, parent, engagements, alcohol

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action recommended where a child observes a parent slurring, stumbling and neglecting engagements owing to alcohol.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	observes	observe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	slurring	slur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	stumbling	stumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	neglecting	neglect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	conj	_	_
18	engagements	engagement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
19	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  | action *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **observe** | present | a child | a parent |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent parent=Topic |
| 4 | **slur** | gerund | a parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **stumble** | gerund | a parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **neglect** | gerund | a parent *not said here* | engagements |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engagement=Theme |
| 7 | **owe** | gerund | engagements *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to alcohol *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to alcohol=Goal |

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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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Disclosure to a trusted adult or to Childline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:e2:o1:1
# text = Disclosure to a trusted adult or to Childline
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
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	1	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Childline	Childline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	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 2 {#o2}

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Disposal of the parent's alcohol by the child himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:e2:o2:1
# text = Disposal of the parent's alcohol by the child himself
1	Disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Absence from school so as to supervise the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:e2:o3:1
# text = Absence from school so as to supervise the parent
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	supervise	supervise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supervise** | to-infinitive | Absence from school | the parent |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Concealment of the matter in order to protect the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:e2:o4:1
# text = Concealment of the matter in order to protect the parent
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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | the parent |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **conceal** |  |  | the matter in order |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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