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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the individual identity of twins? Exam question 1 of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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 was righ
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# Exam question 1 · Twins and big families

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the individual identity of twins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** individual identity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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/503-twins-and-big-families/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the individual identity of twins?
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	11	det	_	_
10	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 individual identity of twins |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Each twin is a separate person deserving to be recognised as such

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e1:o1:1
# text = Each twin is a separate person deserving to be recognised as such
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | each twin | a separate person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deserve** | gerund | a separate person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recognise** | to-infinitive · passive | a separate person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as such | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as such=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Differences between twins indicate a breakdown in their relationship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e1:o2:1
# text = Differences between twins indicate a breakdown in their relationship
1	Differences	difference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	breakdown	breakdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Differences between twins | a breakdown |  | Differences's relationship |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot breakdown=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Twins constitute a single unit and may be addressed interchangeably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e1:o3:1
# text = Twins constitute a single unit and may be addressed interchangeably
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	interchangeably	interchangeably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Twins | a single unit |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme unit=Pivot |
| 2 | **address** | may · passive | Twins *not said here* |  |  |  |  | interchangeably *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twins must retain identical attire and preferences throughout life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e1:o4:1
# text = Twins must retain identical attire and preferences throughout life
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	attire	attire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | must | Twins | identical attire and preferences |  |  | throughout life |  | tree rules |

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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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