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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings of differing age and duties. Exam question 3 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 3 · When you want what others have

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings of differing age and duties.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, siblings · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, differ, distribute · **To what, where:** response, unequal distribution, age, pocket money

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» of the everyday 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/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings of differing age and duties.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	unequal	unequal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	between	between	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
20	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | 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 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distribution=Experiencer |
| 4 | **differ** | gerund | siblings *not said here* | age and duties |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **distribute** |  |  | pocket money between siblings |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition 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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Pocket money ought to be abolished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e3:o1:1
# text = Pocket money ought to be abolished
1	Pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The younger sibling is entitled to the larger sum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e3:o2:1
# text = The younger sibling is entitled to the larger sum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entitle** | present · passive |  | the younger sibling |  |  |  | to the larger sum | tree rules |

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

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Fairness does not invariably require equal amounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e3:o3:1
# text = Fairness does not invariably require equal amounts
1	Fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **require** | present · do-support | Fairness | equal amounts |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amount=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fairness invariably requires identical amounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:e3:o4:1
# text = Fairness invariably requires identical amounts
1	Fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Fairness | identical amounts |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amount=Precondition |

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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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