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title: Which of the following measures is recommended when a worry prevents… — Worry and sadness · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following measures is recommended when a worry prevents a child from sleeping? Exam question 1 of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Worry and sadness

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Which of the following measures is recommended when a worry prevents a child from sleeping?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** worry, child · **What happens:** follow, recommend, prevent, sleep · **To what, where:** child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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/91-worry-and-sadness/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:e1:1
# text = Which of the following measures is recommended when a worry prevents a child from sleeping?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of the following measures | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme |
| 3 | **prevent** | present | a worry | a child |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer child=Theme |
| 4 | **sleep** | gerund | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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The child remains awake for as long as necessary until the worry has been resolved by its own accord

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:e1:o1:1
# text = The child remains awake for as long as necessary until the worry has been resolved by its own accord
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	accord	accord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the child |  |  |  |  | awake, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **resolve** | present · perfect · passive | worry's own accord | the worry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The worry is written down or told to someone, which helps the brain to let it go

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:e1:o2:1
# text = The worry is written down or told to someone, which helps the brain to let it go
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	worry	worry	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	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | present · passive |  | the worry |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient |
| 3 | **help** | present |  | the brain |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brain=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **let** | to-infinitive | the brain *not said here* | brain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive | brain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The worry is rehearsed repeatedly in silence until a solution presents itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:e1:o3:1
# text = The worry is rehearsed repeatedly in silence until a solution presents itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	worry	worry	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	rehearsed	rehearse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	solution	solution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rehearse** | present · passive |  | the worry |  | silence |  | repeatedly *property* | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | present | a solution | solution |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The worry is concealed from all adults so as not to trouble the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:e1:o4:1
# text = The worry is concealed from all adults so as not to trouble the household
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	worry	worry	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	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | present · passive |  | the worry |  |  |  | from all adults | tree rules |

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