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title: Ascertain the most appropriate view of the perusal by one sibling of… — Fighting, ignoring each other and shar… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most appropriate view of the perusal by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device. Exam question 3 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room

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Ascertain the most appropriate view of the perusal by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, share, view · **To what, where:** appropriate view, perusal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» 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/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate view of the perusal by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	perusal	perusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate view of the perusal |  |  |  | by one sibling of another's private messages upon a shared device | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **view** |  |  | the perusal |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=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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It is permissible for the elder sibling only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e3:o1:1
# text = It is permissible for the elder sibling only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for the elder sibling; permissible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is permissible because the device is shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e3:o2:1
# text = It is permissible because the device is shared
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | present · passive |  | the device |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is required to ensure the younger's safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e3:o3:1
# text = It is required to ensure the younger's safety
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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  | the younger safety |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition safety=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It breaches privacy even within a family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e3:o4:1
# text = It breaches privacy even within a family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaches	breach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breach** | present | It | privacy |  |  |  | within a family | tree rules |

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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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