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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The granny who spoils you and the stri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, permissions, grandparent · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, invoke, permit · **To what, where:** response, invocation, argument

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	invocation	invocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	permissions	permission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus invocation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **invoke** |  | a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom invocation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **permit** |  | a grandparent |  |  | argument with a parent |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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 invariably secures the parent's consent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e4:o1:1
# text = It invariably secures the parent's consent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | present | It | the parent's consent |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition consent=Theme |
| 2 | **consent** |  | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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It tends to provoke disputes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e4:o2:1
# text = It tends to provoke disputes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **provoke** | to-infinitive |  | disputes |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dispute=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is without any consequence whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e4:o3:1
# text = It is without any consequence whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | without any consequence; whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is recommended as a means of negotiation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:e4:o4:1
# text = It is recommended as a means of negotiation
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	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a |  |  |  |  | of negotiation | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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