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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parent's occasional shouting? Exam question 1 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · Shouty parents and bad days

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parent's occasional shouting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parent · **What happens:** follow, characteris, cause, shout · **To what, where:** cause, occasional shouting

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parent's occasional shouting?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	occasional	occasional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	shouting	shouting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 |  | the cause of a parent's occasional shouting |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | a parent's occasional shouting |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **shout** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=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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It is always the fault of the child concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e1:o1:1
# text = It is always the fault of the child concerned
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	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the fault |  |  |  | of the child; always *property* | tree rules |

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

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It commonly arises from fatigue or stress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e1:o2:1
# text = It commonly arises from fatigue or stress
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | fatigue or stress |  | commonly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It arises from a defect of the parent's hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e1:o3:1
# text = It arises from a defect of the parent's hearing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	defect	defect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | a defect of the parent's hearing |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** |  | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It invariably arises from hatred of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:e1:o4:1
# text = It invariably arises from hatred of the child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | hatred of the child |  | invariably *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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