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title: Identify the response consistent with the established facts concerni… — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of messages between separated parents. Exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

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Identify the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of messages between separated parents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** identify, establish, concern, separate, convey · **To what, where:** response, conveyance, messages

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e2:1
# text = Identify the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of messages between separated parents.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	separated	separate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the conveyance of messages between separated parents |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conveyance=Experiencer |
| 4 | **separate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **convey** |  |  | messages between separated parents |  |  |  |  | nom conveyance «communication 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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Carrying messages between parents is not the child's job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e2:o1:1
# text = Carrying messages between parents is not the child's job
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | messages |  |  |  | between parents | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | Carrying | the child's job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Carrying messages between parents is the child's duty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e2:o2:1
# text = Carrying messages between parents is the child's duty
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | messages |  |  |  | between parents | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Carrying | the child's duty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Carrying messages should always be done in secret by the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e2:o3:1
# text = Carrying messages should always be done in secret by the child
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | messages |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | should · passive | Carrying |  |  | secret |  | by the child; always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carrying messages is required by law of every child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e2:o4:1
# text = Carrying messages is required by law of every child
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj:pass	_	_
2	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | messages |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive | Carrying |  |  |  |  | by law of every child | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF» |

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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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