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title: Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of… — What fights cost at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of a habitual fighter becomes distressed upon the latter's return home. Exam question 4 of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · What fights cost at home

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Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of a habitual fighter becomes distressed upon the latter's return home.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, latter · **What happens:** ascertain, distress, return · **To what, where:** probable reason, younger sibling

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of a habitual fighter becomes distressed upon the latter's return home.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	habitual	habitual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	distressed	distress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	latter	latter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	home	home	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **distress** | present · passive |  | the younger sibling of a habitual fighter |  |  |  | for the probable reason; upon the latter's return; home *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 3 | **return** |  | the latter |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Indifference to the sibling's welfare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:e4:o1:1
# text = Indifference to the sibling's welfare
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	welfare	welfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Displeasure at a delayed mealtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:e4:o2:1
# text = Displeasure at a delayed mealtime
1	Displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	delayed	delayed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mealtime	mealtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Fear and concern occasioned by visible injuries to a loved one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:e4:o3:1
# text = Fear and concern occasioned by visible injuries to a loved one
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | participle |  | Fear and concern *not said here* | a loved one |  |  | by visible injuries | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Envy of the injuries sustained by the elder sibling in the course of the fight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:e4:o4:1
# text = Envy of the injuries sustained by the elder sibling in the course of the fight
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | participle |  | the injuries *not said here* |  | the course of the fight |  | by the elder sibling | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **envy** |  |  | the injuries |  |  |  |  | nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=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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