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# Exam question 2 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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Identify the principal consequence, as established in the lesson, of reading another's diary and disclosing its contents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, establish, read, disclose · **To what, where:** principal consequence, lesson, diary, contents

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal consequence, as established in the lesson, of reading another's diary and disclosing its contents.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
14	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	diary	diary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	disclosing	disclose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 principal consequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **read** | gerund | you *not said here* | another's diary |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Topic |
| 4 | **disclose** | gerund | you *not said here* | diary's contents |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contents=Topic |

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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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A reasonable act, given that siblings may hold no secrets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e2:o1:1
# text = A reasonable act, given that siblings may hold no secrets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	that	that	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | a reasonable act *not said here* |  |  |  | that siblings | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | may | a reasonable act | no secrets |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An improvement in relations between the sisters concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e2:o2:1
# text = An improvement in relations between the sisters concerned
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A harmless jest of no lasting effect upon the persons concerned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e2:o3:1
# text = A harmless jest of no lasting effect upon the persons concerned
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	lasting	lasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jest** |  | no lasting effect upon the persons |  |  |  |  |  | nom jest «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A grave breach of privacy which may impair trust for a long time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e2:o4:1
# text = A grave breach of privacy which may impair trust for a long time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	impair	impair	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impair** | may | a grave breach of privacy | trust |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trust=Experiencer |
| 2 | **breach** |  |  | privacy |  |  |  |  | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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