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# Exam question 1 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attention afforded to an only child?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, afford · **To what, where:** attention

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attention afforded to an only child?
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	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	afforded	afford	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	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 |  | the attention |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **afford** | participle |  | the attention *not said here* |  |  |  | to a only child | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It is invariably insufficient owing to the parents' preoccupations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e1:o1:1
# text = It is invariably insufficient owing to the parents' preoccupations
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	preoccupations	preoccupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | insufficient, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the parents's preoccupations *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to preoccupation=Goal |
| 3 | **preoccupy** |  | the parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom preoccupation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is of no consequence to the child's feelings whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e1:o2:1
# text = It is of no consequence to the child's feelings whatsoever
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	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of no consequence; to the child's feelings; whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is undivided, which may prove both agreeable and burdensome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e1:o3:1
# text = It is undivided, which may prove both agreeable and burdensome
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	undivided	undivided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	agreeable	agreeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | undivided *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** | may |  |  |  |  |  | agreeable *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is, by statute, equal to that afforded to children of large families

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e1:o4:1
# text = It is, by statute, equal to that afforded to children of large families
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	statute	statute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
10	afforded	afford	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | statute *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | to that | tree rules |
| 3 | **afford** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to children of large families | 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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