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# Exam question 1 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of an elder sister who is both domineering and protective?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elder sister · **What happens:** follow, characteris, domineer, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, elder sister

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of an elder sister who is both domineering and protective?
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc:preconj	_	_
18	domineering	domineer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 conduct of a elder sister |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **domineer** | present · progressive | a elder sister |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | a elder sister |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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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Both behaviours may proceed from a sense of responsibility

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e1:o1:1
# text = Both behaviours may proceed from a sense of responsibility
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	behaviours	behaviour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | may | both behaviours |  |  | a sense of responsibility |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | responsibility |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Domineering conduct precludes any protective inclination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e1:o2:1
# text = Domineering conduct precludes any protective inclination
1	Domineering	domineer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	precludes	preclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	inclination	inclination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **domineer** | gerund |  | conduct |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **preclude** | present | Domineering | any protective inclination |  |  |  |  | vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such conduct evidences animosity towards the younger child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e1:o3:1
# text = Such conduct evidences animosity towards the younger child
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	evidences	evidence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	animosity	animosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Protective acts are performed solely to impress others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e1:o4:1
# text = Protective acts are performed solely to impress others
1	Protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	impress	impress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · passive |  | Protective acts |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **impress** | to-infinitive |  | others |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer |

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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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