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description: In respect of a family in which a parent works far away or is deployed in the military, which measures assist the child? Exam question 4 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

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In respect of a family in which a parent works far away or is deployed in the military, which measures assist the child?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** parent, measures · **What happens:** work, deploy, assist, respect · **To what, where:** military, family

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e4:1
# text = In respect of a family in which a parent works far away or is deployed in the military, which measures assist the child?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	deployed	deploy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	military	military	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
21	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	assist	assist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a parent |  |  |  |  | in a family; away *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme |
| 2 | **deploy** | present · passive | a parent *not said here* |  |  | the military |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **assist** | present | measures | the military |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a family |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Letters, video calls and a calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e4:o1:1
# text = Letters, video calls and a calendar
1	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	calendar	calendar	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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Refusing to speak during video calls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e4:o2:1
# text = Refusing to speak during video calls
1	Refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | during video calls |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Avoiding any mention of the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e4:o3:1
# text = Avoiding any mention of the parent
1	Avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	mention	mention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | gerund |  | any mention of the parent |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent mention=Location |
| 2 | **mention** |  |  | the parent |  |  |  |  | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Waiting in silence for the return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e4:o4:1
# text = Waiting in silence for the return
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  | silence |  | for the return | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Location |

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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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