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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises disagreement between persons who love one another? Exam question 3 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 3 · Grown-ups who argue and make up

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises disagreement between persons who love one another?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** persons · **What happens:** follow, characteris, love · **To what, where:** disagreement, one

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» of the adult life 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/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises disagreement between persons who love one another?
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	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | disagreement |  |  |  | of the following statements; between persons; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | present | persons | one |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

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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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It is invariably a sign of imminent separation and eventual divorce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e3:o1:1
# text = It is invariably a sign of imminent separation and eventual divorce
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sign |  |  |  | of imminent separation and eventual divorce; invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It occurs solely in households with children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e3:o2:1
# text = It occurs solely in households with children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | It |  |  | households |  | with children; solely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in household=Location |

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

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It is normal, and discussion thereof is how decisions are reached

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e3:o3:1
# text = It is normal, and discussion thereof is how decisions are reached
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present · passive |  | discussion |  |  |  | reach *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is prohibited between married persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:e3:o4:1
# text = It is prohibited between married persons
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	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | between married persons | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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