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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who hears from a grandparent of danger in a country at war. Exam question 4 of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who hears from a grandparent of danger in a country at war.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, hear · **To what, where:** response, child, grandparent

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who hears from a grandparent of danger in a country at war.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 4 | **hear** | present | a child |  |  | a grandparent of danger in a country at war |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from grandparent=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Disclosure of the child's feelings to a parent is beneficial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e4:o1:1
# text = Disclosure of the child's feelings to a parent is beneficial
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Disclosure of the child's feelings to a parent |  |  |  |  | beneficial *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disclose** |  |  | the child's feelings to a parent |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child bears responsibility for the grandparent's safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e4:o2:1
# text = The child bears responsibility for the grandparent's safety
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The child ought to conceal all such feelings permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e4:o3:1
# text = The child ought to conceal all such feelings permanently
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | ought | the child | all such feelings |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child ought to discontinue all further communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:e4:o4:1
# text = The child ought to discontinue all further communication
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	discontinue	discontinue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discontinue** | ought | the child | all further communication |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector communication=Eventuality |

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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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