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# Exam question 2 · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who complains falsely and repeatedly of being struck.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, complain, strike · **To what, where:** response, child

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who complains falsely and repeatedly of being struck.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	complains	complain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	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 |  |  |  | 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* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 4 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | a child |  |  |  |  | falsely *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **strike** | gerund · passive | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |

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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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Repeated complaints compel belief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e2:o1:1
# text = Repeated complaints compel belief
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	compel	compel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **compel** | present | Repeated complaints | belief |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False complaints have no effect upon trust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e2:o2:1
# text = False complaints have no effect upon trust
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | False complaints | no effect |  |  |  | upon trust | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her complaints are believed with greater readiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e2:o3:1
# text = Her complaints are believed with greater readiness
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	complaints	complaint	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	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	readiness	readiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · passive |  | Her complaints |  |  |  | with greater readiness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **complain** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Her complaints cease to be believed, even when genuine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e2:o4:1
# text = Her complaints cease to be believed, even when genuine
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | Her complaints |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive · passive | Her complaints *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 3 | **complain** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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