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description: Given that a new partner seeks to impose rules within the parent's household, ascertain the arrangement established in the lesson. Exam question 4 of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · The parent who left, and a new partner

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Given that a new partner seeks to impose rules within the parent's household, ascertain the arrangement established in the lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new partner · **What happens:** give, seek, impose, ascertain, establish · **To what, where:** rules, arrangement, lesson

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:e4:1
# text = Given that a new partner seeks to impose rules within the parent's household, ascertain the arrangement established in the lesson.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	seeks	seek	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **seek** | present | a new partner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **impose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a new partner *not said here* | rules |  |  |  | within the parent's household | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 4 | **ascertain** | infinitive | a new partner *not said here* | the arrangement |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic |
| 5 | **establish** | participle |  | the arrangement *not said here* |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 new partner determines all rules from the first day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:e4:o1:1
# text = The new partner determines all rules from the first day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | the new partner | all rules |  |  | day |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No rules whatsoever are to be applied in the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:e4:o2:1
# text = No rules whatsoever are to be applied in the household
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive |  | whatsoever |  | the household |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in household=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The parent determines the principal rules for the present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:e4:o3:1
# text = The parent determines the principal rules for the present
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | the parent | the principal rules |  |  |  | for the present | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child determines the rules by majority vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:e4:o4:1
# text = The child determines the rules by majority vote
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	determines	determine	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	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | the child | the rules |  |  |  | by majority vote | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |

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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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