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title: Identify the conditions under which a brief period alone at home may… — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the conditions under which a brief period alone at home may be appropriate for a child aged nine or ten. Exam question 2 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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 2 · The only child: a quiet house

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Identify the conditions under which a brief period alone at home may be appropriate for a child aged nine or ten.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, brief period, child · **What happens:** identify, be, age · **To what, where:** conditions, nine

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:e2:1
# text = Identify the conditions under which a brief period alone at home may be appropriate for a child aged nine or ten.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	aged	age	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	acl	_	_
19	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	obj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	conj	_	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 conditions |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | may | a brief period at home |  |  | the conditions |  | for a child; appropriate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **age** | participle | a child *not said here* | nine |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nine=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Brevity, a nearby adult and a clear plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:e2:o1:1
# text = Brevity, a nearby adult and a clear plan
1	Brevity	brevity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The absence of any rules or telephone numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:e2:o2:1
# text = The absence of any rules or telephone numbers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** |  |  | any rules or telephone numbers |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An open door so that any caller may enter freely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:e2:o3:1
# text = An open door so that any caller may enter freely
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | may | a open door so any caller |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A period extending until late in the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:e2:o4:1
# text = A period extending until late in the evening
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	extending	extend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | gerund | a period *not said here* |  |  |  | evening |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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