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title: Identify the principal reason for which a child is advised against "… — Getting through it: who helps, what he… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a child is advised against "bottling up" his difficulties. Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

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Identify the principal reason for which a child is advised against "bottling up" his difficulties.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, advise, bottle up · **To what, where:** principal reason, child, difficulties · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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/30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child is advised against "bottling up" his difficulties.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	bottling	bottle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **bottle up** *in a quote* | gerund |  | child's difficulties |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent difficulty=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Difficulties disappear entirely when concealed for a period of one month or more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e2:o1:1
# text = Difficulties disappear entirely when concealed for a period of one month or more
1	Difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | present | Difficulties |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | participle | Difficulties *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a period of one month | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Disclosure invariably doubles the magnitude of the difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e2:o2:1
# text = Disclosure invariably doubles the magnitude of the difficulty
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	doubles	double	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | present | Disclosure | the magnitude of the difficulty |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent magnitude=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Concealed difficulties tend to become heavier and remain unaddressed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e2:o3:1
# text = Concealed difficulties tend to become heavier and remain unaddressed
1	Concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tend	tend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	unaddressed	unaddressed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tend** | present | Concealed difficulties |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | to-infinitive | Concealed difficulties *not said here* |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **remain** | present | Concealed difficulties *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unaddressed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Parents are prohibited from assisting with disclosed difficulties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:30-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back:e2:o4:1
# text = Parents are prohibited from assisting with disclosed difficulties
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	assisting	assist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Parents |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **assist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with disclosed difficulties | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with difficulty=Theme |
| 3 | **disclose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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