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title: Select the response most consistent with the established meaning of… — Gran, cousins and the whole wide family · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response most consistent with the established meaning of the proverb "Blood is thicker than water". Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 3 · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family

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Select the response most consistent with the established meaning of the proverb "Blood is thicker than water".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Blood · **What happens:** select, establish, be, mean · **To what, where:** response, proverb

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» 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/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:e3:1
# text = Select the response most consistent with the established meaning of the proverb "Blood is thicker than water".
1	Select	select	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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Blood | the proverb *not said here* |  |  |  | than water; thick *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the proverb |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Physical health is of greater importance than thirst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:e3:o1:1
# text = Physical health is of greater importance than thirst
1	Physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Physical health |  |  |  |  | of greater importance; than thirst | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ties of kinship are stronger than other ties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:e3:o2:1
# text = Ties of kinship are stronger than other ties
1	Ties	tie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	kinship	kinship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ties	tie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ties of kinship |  |  |  |  | than other ties; strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Relatives ought never to quarrel with one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:e3:o3:1
# text = Relatives ought never to quarrel with one another
1	Relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **quarrel** | ought | Relatives |  |  |  |  | with one | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with one=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Water ought not to be mixed with other liquids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:e3:o4:1
# text = Water ought not to be mixed with other liquids
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mix** | ought · passive |  | Water |  |  |  | with other liquids | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with liquid=Co-Patient |

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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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