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description: Ascertain which category of secret, among the following, must invariably be disclosed to a parent. Exam question 3 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 opt
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# Exam question 3 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Ascertain which category of secret, among the following, must invariably be disclosed to a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, disclose · **To what, where:** category

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e3:1
# text = Ascertain which category of secret, among the following, must invariably be disclosed to a parent.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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* | which category of secret |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent category=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **disclose** | must · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to a parent; invariably *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: to parent=Experiencer |

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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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A secret concerning the consumption of chips at a chip shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e3:o1:1
# text = A secret concerning the consumption of chips at a chip shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a secret *not said here* | the consumption of chips |  | a chip shop |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer |
| 2 | **consume** |  |  | chips |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A secret concerning safety, or one that causes the child distress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e3:o2:1
# text = A secret concerning safety, or one that causes the child distress
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  | the child distress |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A secret concerning a surprise prepared for a birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e3:o3:1
# text = A secret concerning a surprise prepared for a birthday
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a secret *not said here* | a surprise |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surprise=Experiencer |
| 2 | **prepare** | participle |  | a surprise *not said here* |  |  |  | for a birthday | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for birthday=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A secret concerning an additional hour of television viewing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e3:o4:1
# text = A secret concerning an additional hour of television viewing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a secret *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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