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# Exam question 3 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a sibling's secret which involves possible danger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, secret · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, involve · **To what, where:** response, secret, possible danger

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a sibling's secret which involves possible danger.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	involves	involve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a sibling's secret |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus secret=Experiencer |
| 4 | **involve** | present | a sibling's secret | possible danger |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme |

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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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Such a secret must be preserved irrespective of the risk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e3:o1:1
# text = Such a secret must be preserved irrespective of the risk
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | must · passive |  | such secret |  |  |  | of the risk; irrespective *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such a secret should be published to the sibling's acquaintances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e3:o2:1
# text = Such a secret should be published to the sibling's acquaintances
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | should · passive |  | such secret |  |  |  | to the sibling's acquaintances | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **acquaint** |  | the sibling |  |  |  |  |  | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such a secret should be communicated to the stranger involved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e3:o3:1
# text = Such a secret should be communicated to the stranger involved
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	communicated	communicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | should · passive |  | such secret | the stranger |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to stranger=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Such a secret ought to be disclosed to a responsible adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e3:o4:1
# text = Such a secret ought to be disclosed to a responsible adult
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	disclosed	disclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | ought · passive |  | such secret | a responsible adult |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient |

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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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