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description: It is given that a parent has thrown an object in anger. Determine the conduct appropriate to a frightened child. Exam question 2 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

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It is given that a parent has thrown an object in anger. Determine the conduct appropriate to a frightened child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, throw, determine · **To what, where:** It, parent, anger, conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a parent has thrown an object in anger.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:1
# text = It is given that a parent has thrown an object in anger.
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	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | **throw** | present · perfect · passive |  | a parent |  | anger |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination object=Theme |

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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 conduct appropriate to a frightened child.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:2
# text = Determine the conduct appropriate to a frightened child.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 conduct |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Disclosure to a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:o1:1
# text = Disclosure to a trusted adult
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Concealment in order to protect the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:o2:1
# text = Concealment in order to protect the parent
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | the parent |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Retaliation by the throwing of a further object

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:o3:1
# text = Retaliation by the throwing of a further object
1	Retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	throwing	throwing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retaliate** |  | the throwing of a further object |  |  |  |  |  | nom retaliation «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Silence pending the next such occurrence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e2:o4:1
# text = Silence pending the next such occurrence
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pend** | gerund | Silence *not said here* | the next such occurrence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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