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title: Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child who believes that a… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child who believes that a lone parent is struggling severely. Exam question 2 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child who believes that a lone parent is struggling severely.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child, lone parent · **What happens:** identify, believe, struggle, conduct · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, child · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e2:1
# text = Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child who believes that a lone parent is struggling severely.
1	Identify	identify	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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	lone	lone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	struggling	struggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
17	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 appropriate conduct of a child |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **believe** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **struggle** | present · progressive | a lone parent |  |  |  |  | severely *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | a child |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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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To conceal the matter from every other adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e2:o1:1
# text = To conceal the matter from every other adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the matter |  |  |  | from every other adult | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from adult=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To assume sole responsibility for the household bills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e2:o2:1
# text = To assume sole responsibility for the household bills
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assume	assume	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assume** | to-infinitive |  | sole responsibility |  |  |  | for the household bills | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To assist with small tasks and inform a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e2:o3:1
# text = To assist with small tasks and inform a trusted adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assist	assist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	inform	inform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with small tasks | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with task=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To demand additional pocket money from the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e2:o4:1
# text = To demand additional pocket money from the parent
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	demand	demand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  | additional pocket money |  |  |  | from the parent | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme money=Precondition from parent=Source |

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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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