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title: Ascertain the conclusion most appropriately drawn from the account o… — Feuds between families · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the conclusion most appropriately drawn from the account of two brothers estranged for forty years over a clock. Exam question 4 of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Feuds between families

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Ascertain the conclusion most appropriately drawn from the account of two brothers estranged for forty years over a clock.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, draw, estrange, account · **To what, where:** conclusion, two brothers, clock

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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/474-feuds-between-families/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conclusion most appropriately drawn from the account of two brothers estranged for forty years over a clock.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	estranged	estrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | the conclusion *not said here* |  |  |  | from the account of two brothers; appropriately *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from account=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **estrange** | participle |  | two brothers *not said here* |  | a clock | year |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | two brothers |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Delay in reconciliation may result in lasting regret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e4:o1:1
# text = Delay in reconciliation may result in lasting regret
1	Delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	result	result	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	lasting	lasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **result** | may | Delay in reconciliation |  |  | lasting regret |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in regret=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Estrangement invariably resolves itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e4:o2:1
# text = Estrangement invariably resolves itself
1	Estrangement	estrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | Estrangement | Estrangement |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The clock was correctly retained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e4:o3:1
# text = The clock was correctly retained
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | past · passive |  | the clock |  |  |  | correctly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Possessions are of greater value than relations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e4:o4:1
# text = Possessions are of greater value than relations
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Possessions |  |  |  |  | of greater value; than relations | 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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