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# Exam question 1 · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of blame to the eldest child for acts committed by younger siblings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, commit, attribute · **To what, where:** attribution, acts, blame

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of blame to the eldest child for acts committed by younger siblings?
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	attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	22	amod	_	_
22	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	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 attribution of blame |  |  |  | of the following statements; to the eldest child for acts; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **commit** | participle |  | acts *not said here* |  |  |  | by younger siblings | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **attribute** |  |  | blame |  |  |  |  | nom attribution «cognition 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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It is unfair, the eldest also being a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e1:o1:1
# text = It is unfair, the eldest also being a child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	parataxis	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is required by the customs of every family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e1:o2:1
# text = It is required by the customs of every family
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	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | the customs of every family | It |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is appropriate whenever the parents are absent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e1:o3:1
# text = It is appropriate whenever the parents are absent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the parents |  |  |  |  | absent, whenever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is just, the eldest being in sole charge of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:e1:o4:1
# text = It is just, the eldest being in sole charge of the household
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | the eldest sole charge |  | of the household | tree rules |

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