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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the obligation of a child whose friend expresses a wish to die? Exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 1 · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the obligation of a child whose friend expresses a wish to die?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** follow, characteris, express, die, obligate · **To what, where:** obligation, wish, child

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the obligation of a child whose friend expresses a wish to die?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the obligation of a child |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **express** | present | friend | a wish |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 4 | **die** | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | a wish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **obligate** |  |  | a child |  |  |  |  | nom obligation «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To inform a trusted adult without delay, notwithstanding any request for secrecy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e1:o1:1
# text = To inform a trusted adult without delay, notwithstanding any request for secrecy
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a trusted adult |  |  | without delay | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **notwithstand** | gerund |  | any request |  |  |  | for secrecy | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To await a further such statement before acting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e1:o2:1
# text = To await a further such statement before acting
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | to-infinitive |  | a further such statement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To preserve the confidence in accordance with the friend's request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e1:o3:1
# text = To preserve the confidence in accordance with the friend's request
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  | the confidence |  | accordance |  | with the friend's request | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **request** |  | the friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To disregard the statement as being without significance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e1:o4:1
# text = To disregard the statement as being without significance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | to-infinitive |  | the statement |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as significance | 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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