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title: It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverag… — The big sister: bossy, protective, bor… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverage for her sibling each week and has ceased to do so for want of funds. State the correct characterisation of the practice. Exam question 4 of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» of the everyday cours
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# Exam question 4 · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverage for her sibling each week and has ceased to do so for want of funds. State the correct characterisation of the practice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elder sister · **What happens:** give, purchase, cease, do, want, characterise · **To what, where:** It, beverage, funds, practice

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverage for her sibling each week and has ceased to do so for want of funds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:1
# text = It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverage for her sibling each week and has ceased to do so for want of funds.
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	_	10	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 | **purchase** | present · perfect | a elder sister | a beverage |  |  | week | for sister's sibling; customarily *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent beverage=Theme for sibling=Asset |
| 3 | **cease** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for want of funds | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **want** |  |  | funds |  |  |  |  | nom want «state 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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the correct characterisation of the practice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:2
# text = State the correct characterisation of the practice.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	practice	practice	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 | **characterise** |  |  | the practice |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A gift rather than an obligation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:o1:1
# text = A gift rather than an obligation
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	6	cc	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A payment due under contract

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:o2:1
# text = A payment due under contract
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A debt enforceable against the sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:o3:1
# text = A debt enforceable against the sister
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enforceable	enforceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A rule of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:e4:o4:1
# text = A rule of the household
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** |  | the household |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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