---
title: Given that a pupil is questioned concerning the separation of the pa… — «Where's your dad?»: questions and cru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Given that a pupil is questioned concerning the separation of the parents, ascertain the pupil's obligation. Exam question 3 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Given that a pupil is questioned concerning the separation of the parents, ascertain the pupil's obligation.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, pupil · **What happens:** give, question, concern, ascertain, separate, obligate · **To what, where:** pupil, separation, obligation

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e3:1
# text = Given that a pupil is questioned concerning the separation of the parents, ascertain the pupil's obligation.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	questioned	question	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **question** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  | the separation of the parents |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus separation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **ascertain** | present |  | the pupil's obligation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Topic |
| 5 | **separate** |  | the parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom separation «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **obligate** |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom obligation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Full disclosure is required upon request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e3:o1:1
# text = Full disclosure is required upon request
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Full disclosure |  |  |  | upon request | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A written account must be supplied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e3:o2:1
# text = A written account must be supplied
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **supply** | must · passive |  | a written account |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Disclosure is required to all classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e3:o3:1
# text = Disclosure is required to all classmates
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Disclosure |  |  |  | to all classmates | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No obligation to disclose private matters exists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:e3:o4:1
# text = No obligation to disclose private matters exists
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | to-infinitive | no obligation *not said here* | private matters |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Topic |
| 2 | **exist** | present | no obligation |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cru…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/e2/)
- next →: [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cru…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/e4/)
- ↑ back to [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/)