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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Parents far away: the army, work abroa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disclosure of a parent's imprisonment to a child. Exam question 3 of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 3 · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disclosure of a parent's imprisonment to a child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, parent · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, disclose, imprison · **To what, where:** response, disclosure, imprisonment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disclosure of a parent's imprisonment to a child.
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	disclosure	disclosure	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	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	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 | **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 disclosure of a parent's imprisonment |  |  |  | to a child | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disclosure=Experiencer |
| 4 | **disclose** |  |  | a parent's imprisonment |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **imprison** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom imprisonment «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Children must never be informed under any circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:e3:o1:1
# text = Children must never be informed under any circumstances
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **inform** *speech: other* | must · passive |  | Children |  | any circumstances |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Discovery by accident is always the kinder course

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:e3:o2:1
# text = Discovery by accident is always the kinder course
1	Discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Discovery by accident | the kinder course |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** |  | accident |  |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Concealment is invariably preferable in every case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:e3:o3:1
# text = Concealment is invariably preferable in every case
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	preferable	preferable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Concealment |  |  | every case |  | invariably, preferable *property* | tree rules |

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

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Gentle disclosure is usually easier than discovery by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:e3:o4:1
# text = Gentle disclosure is usually easier than discovery by accident
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gentle disclosure |  |  |  |  | than discovery; by accident; easy, usually *property* | tree rules |

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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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