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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a family as defined in the lesson? Exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Every family is different» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 1 · Every family is different

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a family as defined in the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, define · **To what, where:** family, lesson

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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/486-every-family-is-different/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a family as defined in the lesson?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	defined	define	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 family |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **define** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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A household in which not fewer than four persons habitually reside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:e1:o1:1
# text = A household in which not fewer than four persons habitually reside
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	reside	reside	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | present | four persons |  |  | a household |  | habitually *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Any group of persons who share both a surname and a postal address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:e1:o2:1
# text = Any group of persons who share both a surname and a postal address
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc:preconj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | persons | a surname and a postal address |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A household comprising exclusively a mother, a father and their children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:e1:o3:1
# text = A household comprising exclusively a mother, a father and their children
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	comprising	comprise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | gerund | a household and a father and household's children *not said here* | a mother |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mother=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The persons who care for a child, whatever form the household takes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:486-every-family-is-different:e1:o4:1
# text = The persons who care for a child, whatever form the household takes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | the persons |  |  |  |  | for a child | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme |
| 2 | **form** | present | the persons |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | present | the household |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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