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# Exam question 3 · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an arrangement whereby one sibling assumes the blame in exchange for a promise subsequently broken?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one sibling · **What happens:** follow, characteris, assume, break · **To what, where:** arrangement, blame, exchange, promise

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an arrangement whereby one sibling assumes the blame in exchange for a promise subsequently broken?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	assumes	assume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	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 |  | a arrangement |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **assume** | present | one sibling | the blame |  | exchange for a promise |  | whereby *property* | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme |
| 4 | **break** | participle |  | a promise *not said here* |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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It is a fair and lawful bargain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e3:o1:1
# text = It is a fair and lawful bargain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fair bargain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It comprises both a cowardly evasion and a further falsehood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e3:o2:1
# text = It comprises both a cowardly evasion and a further falsehood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	evasion	evasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | present | It | a cowardly evasion and a further falsehood |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evasion=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is honest, the elder sibling having consented

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e3:o3:1
# text = It is honest, the elder sibling having consented
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the elder sibling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **consent** | participle | the elder sibling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It removes all responsibility from the guilty sibling in every respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:e3:o4:1
# text = It removes all responsibility from the guilty sibling in every respect
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | all responsibility |  | the guilty sibling in every respect |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme from sibling=Source |

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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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