--- title: Identify the course recommended where an older sibling is uninformed… — A new baby · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the course recommended where an older sibling is uninformed as to the condition of a hospitalised infant. Exam question 3 of lesson 504 «A new baby» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [A new baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · A new baby Identify the course recommended where an older sibling is uninformed as to the condition of a hospitalised infant. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, recommend, uninform, hospitalis, condition · **To what, where:** course, older sibling, hospitalised infant This is exam question 3 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:e3:1 # text = Identify the course recommended where an older sibling is uninformed as to the condition of a hospitalised infant. 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 recommended recommend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 uninformed uninform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 hospitalised hospitalis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 2 | **recommend** | participle | | the course *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **uninform** | present · passive | | a older sibling | | | | as the condition of a hospitalised infant | tree rules | | 4 | **hospitalis** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **condition** | | | a hospitalised infant | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} The child should consult strangers online ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:e3:o1:1 # text = The child should consult strangers online 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 online online ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | should | the child | strangers | | | | online *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The child should remain silent indefinitely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:e3:o2:1 # text = The child should remain silent indefinitely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 indefinitely indefinitely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | should | the child | | | | | indefinitely, silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The child should enquire of the parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:e3:o3:1 # text = The child should enquire of the parents 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 enquire enquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enquire** *speech: other* | should | the child | | | | | of the parents | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of parent=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The child should assume the gravest outcome ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:e3:o4:1 # text = The child should assume the gravest outcome 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 assume assume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 gravest grave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assume** | should | the child | the gravest outcome | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme | **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. 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