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description: It being given that a trusted adult does not listen, determine the appropriate course of action. Exam question 4 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · Trusted adults and asking for help

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It being given that a trusted adult does not listen, determine the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trusted adult · **What happens:** give, trust, not listen, determine · **To what, where:** It, appropriate course

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:e4:1
# text = It being given that a trusted adult does not listen, determine the appropriate course of action.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **listen** | present · do-support | a trusted adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **determine** | infinitive | a trusted adult *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

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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 ask only other children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:e4:o1:1
# text = To ask only other children
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | other children |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To solve the problem alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:e4:o2:1
# text = To solve the problem alone
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	solve	solve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solve** | to-infinitive |  | the problem |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To keep the problem secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:e4:o3:1
# text = To keep the problem secret
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the problem secret |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |

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

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To inform another trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:e4:o4:1
# text = To inform another trusted adult
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | another trusted adult |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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