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title: It is given that a child is invited by a parent to elect with which… — Parents shouting, parents splitting: i… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child is invited by a parent to elect with which parent he shall reside. Determine the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 2 · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

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It is given that a child is invited by a parent to elect with which parent he shall reside. Determine the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parent, child, you · **What happens:** give, invite, elect, reside, determine, establish · **To what, where:** It, child, parent, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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/reflection/12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child is invited by a parent to elect with which parent he shall reside.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:1
# text = It is given that a child is invited by a parent to elect with which parent he shall reside.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	elect	elect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	16	det	_	_
16	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	reside	reside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **invite** | present · passive | a parent | a child |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **elect** | to-infinitive | a parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with which parent | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reside** | shall | child | which parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme parent=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:2
# text = Determine the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Determine	determine	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The child should assure each parent privately of his preference

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:o1:1
# text = The child should assure each parent privately of his preference
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	assure	assure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assure** | should | the child |  | each parent |  |  | privately *property* | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **prefer** |  | child |  |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child is obliged to select the parent of greater means

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:o2:1
# text = The child is obliged to select the parent of greater means
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	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	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	nsubj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	nmod	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **select** | to-infinitive |  | the parent of greater |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child should withhold all affection until the matter is decided

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:o3:1
# text = The child should withhold all affection until the matter is decided
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	withhold	withhold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withhold** | should | the child | all affection |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | present · passive |  | the matter |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |

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

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The determination is a matter for adults, and the child may decline to choose

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e2:o4:1
# text = The determination is a matter for adults, and the child may decline to choose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	decline	decline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the determination | a matter |  |  |  | for adults | tree rules |
| 2 | **decline** | may | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **choose** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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