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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of young children in respect of the words and actions of older children? Exam question 3 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 3 · Copying game moves on a little brother

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of young children in respect of the words and actions of older children?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** older children · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct, respect, act · **To what, where:** conduct, young children, words

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of young children in respect of the words and actions of older children?
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	23	amod	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 conduct of young children in respect of the words and actions of older children |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | young children in respect of the words and actions of older children |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | the words and actions of older children |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **act** |  | older children |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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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Young children imitate only their own parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e3:o1:1
# text = Young children imitate only their own parents
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	imitate	imitate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imitate** | present | Young children | children's own parents |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Young children are disposed to imitate them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e3:o2:1
# text = Young children are disposed to imitate them
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	imitate	imitate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispose** | present · passive |  | Young children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **imitate** | to-infinitive |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Young children invariably disregard them entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e3:o3:1
# text = Young children invariably disregard them entirely
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	disregard	disregard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | present | Young children | them *= they* |  |  |  | entirely, invariably *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Young children imitate solely that which is harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:e3:o4:1
# text = Young children imitate solely that which is harmless
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	imitate	imitate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imitate** | present | Young children |  |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | 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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