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title: It is given that parents desired further children but none were born… — The only child: all the attention and… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that parents desired further children but none were born. Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance. Exam question 2 of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 2 · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

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It is given that parents desired further children but none were born. Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, you · **What happens:** give, desire, bear, identify, characterise · **To what, where:** It, parents, correct characterisation, circumstance

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that parents desired further children but none were born.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:1
# text = It is given that parents desired further children but none were born.
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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
7	further	further	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	conj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **desire** | past | parents and children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **bear** | past · passive |  | parents and children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:2
# text = Identify the correct characterisation of this circumstance.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct characterisation of this circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme |
| 2 | **characterise** |  |  | this circumstance |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A matter which the child is obliged to raise with the parents daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:o1:1
# text = A matter which the child is obliged to raise with the parents daily
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | a matter |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **raise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the parents; daily *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with parent=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A consequence of the child having requested a sibling at Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:o2:1
# text = A consequence of the child having requested a sibling at Christmas
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | gerund · perfect | a consequence of the child | a sibling |  | Christmas |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sibling=Recipient |

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

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A private and often sorrowful matter for which the child bears no blame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:o3:1
# text = A private and often sorrowful matter for which the child bears no blame
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A circumstance arising solely from the parents' choice of country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:e2:o4:1
# text = A circumstance arising solely from the parents' choice of country
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | gerund | a circumstance *not said here* |  |  | the parents's choice of country |  | solely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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