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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness experienced by a child at a sleepover? Exam question 2 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 2 · Sleepovers and inside jokes

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness experienced by a child at a sleepover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, experience · **To what, where:** homesickness

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness experienced by a child at a sleepover?
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	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | homesickness |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **experience** | participle |  | homesickness *not said here* |  |  |  | by a child at a sleepover | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a normal experience and an early return home is acceptable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a normal experience and an early return home is acceptable
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a normal experience |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a early return home |  |  |  |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It obliges the child to remain until morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e2:o2:1
# text = It obliges the child to remain until morning
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | It | the child |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | morning |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It indicates immaturity requiring ridicule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e2:o3:1
# text = It indicates immaturity requiring ridicule
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immaturity	immaturity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	requiring	requiring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | requiring ridicule |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ridicule=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is experienced exclusively by infants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes:e2:o4:1
# text = It is experienced exclusively by infants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present · passive | infants | It |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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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