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title: Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the res… — The granny who spoils you and the stri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the residence of a strict grandparent. Exam question 2 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 2 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the residence of a strict grandparent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, rule, child · **What happens:** identify, govern, conduct · **To what, where:** rule, conduct, residence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e2:1
# text = Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the residence of a strict grandparent.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	govern	govern	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 rule |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **govern** | ought | the rule | a child's conduct |  | the residence of a strict grandparent |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The rules of that house apply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e2:o1:1
# text = The rules of that house apply
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	apply	apply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | infinitive | the rules of that house |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rule** |  | that house |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No rules apply at a grandparent's residence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e2:o2:1
# text = No rules apply at a grandparent's residence
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	apply	apply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | no rules |  |  | a grandparent's residence |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at residence=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child may select whichever rule is most convenient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e2:o3:1
# text = The child may select whichever rule is most convenient
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	whichever	whichever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	convenient	convenient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | may | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | whichever rule |  |  |  |  | convenient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child's rules from home apply without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e2:o4:1
# text = The child's rules from home apply without exception
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	apply	apply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the child's rules from home |  |  |  |  | without exception | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rule** |  | the child |  |  | home |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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