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title: Ascertain the most appropriate provision for a child who returns fro… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most appropriate provision for a child who returns from school to an unoccupied dwelling for a period. Exam question 3 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 opt
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# Exam question 3 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Ascertain the most appropriate provision for a child who returns from school to an unoccupied dwelling for a period.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** ascertain, return · **To what, where:** appropriate provision, school

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most appropriate provision for a child who returns from school to an unoccupied dwelling for a period.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	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	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	unoccupied	unoccupied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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* | the appropriate provision |  |  |  | for a child | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition provision=Theme for child=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **return** | present | a child |  |  | school |  | to a unoccupied dwelling *result*; for a period | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from school=Initial\_State to dwelling=Result |

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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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The prohibition of all contact with any adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e3:o1:1
# text = The prohibition of all contact with any adult
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** |  |  | all contact with any adult |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No provision of any kind being considered necessary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e3:o2:1
# text = No provision of any kind being considered necessary
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | gerund · passive |  | no provision of any kind |  |  |  | necessary *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **provide** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The requirement to remain outdoors until dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e3:o3:1
# text = The requirement to remain outdoors until dusk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dusk | outdoors *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Knowledge of a trusted neighbour or adult to call

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e3:o4:1
# text = Knowledge of a trusted neighbour or adult to call
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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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