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title: Which list contains only people who could be trusted adults? — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics
description: Which list contains only people who could be trusted adults? Test 3 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Trusted adults and asking for help

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Which list contains only people who could be trusted adults?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** list · **What happens:** contain, trust · **To what, where:** people

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This is test 3 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t3:1
# text = Which list contains only people who could be trusted adults?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | which list | people |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot people=Theme |
| 2 | **trust** | could · passive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme adult=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum, a grandparent, the class teacher, the football coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t3:o1:1
# text = Mum, a grandparent, the class teacher, the football coach
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A neighbour's teenage friend, a shop customer, a cousin, a coach

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t3:o2:1
# text = A neighbour's teenage friend, a shop customer, a cousin, a coach
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	teenage	teenage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A teacher, a stranger in a park, a nurse, an aunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t3:o3:1
# text = A teacher, a stranger in a park, a nurse, an aunt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum, a man in a chat game, the teacher, a coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t3:o4:1
# text = Mum, a man in a chat game, the teacher, a coach
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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