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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning comparisons drawn by teachers between siblings. Exam question 3 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 3 · Big brothers

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning comparisons drawn by teachers between siblings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, draw · **To what, where:** response, concerning comparisons

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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/501-big-brothers/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning comparisons drawn by teachers between siblings.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | **draw** | participle |  | concerning comparisons *not said here* |  |  |  | by teachers; between siblings | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 pupil may not raise such a matter with a member of staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e3:o1:1
# text = A pupil may not raise such a matter with a member of staff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **raise** | may | a pupil | such matter |  |  |  | with a member of staff | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent matter=Patient with member=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Such comparisons are unfair, and a fresh start may be requested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e3:o2:1
# text = Such comparisons are unfair, and a fresh start may be requested
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such comparisons |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **request** | may · passive |  | a fresh start |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A younger sibling is obliged to resemble the elder in all respects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e3:o3:1
# text = A younger sibling is obliged to resemble the elder in all respects
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	resemble	resemble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	respects	respects	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | a younger sibling |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **resemble** | to-infinitive |  | the elder |  | all respects |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such comparisons are invariably accurate and must be accepted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e3:o4:1
# text = Such comparisons are invariably accurate and must be accepted
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such comparisons |  |  |  |  | accurate, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accept** | must · passive | Such comparisons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |

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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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