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# Exam question 3 · Twins and big families

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the preservation of order in households containing many children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, households · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, contain, preserve · **To what, where:** response, preservation, many children, order

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the preservation of order in households containing many children.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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* | the preservation of order in households |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preservation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **contain** | gerund | households *not said here* | many children |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot child=Theme |
| 5 | **preserve** |  |  | order in households |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act 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 {#o1}

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Peace requires that no rules exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e3:o1:1
# text = Peace requires that no rules exist
1	Peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Peace |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **exist** | present | no rules |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Fair rules maintain peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e3:o2:1
# text = Fair rules maintain peace
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	maintain	maintain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | present | Fair rules | peace |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Order requires that each child dwell apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e3:o3:1
# text = Order requires that each child dwell apart
1	Order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Order |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **dwell** | infinitive | each child |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Order is secured solely by raising the voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e3:o4:1
# text = Order is secured solely by raising the voice
1	Order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	secured	secure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | present · passive |  | Order |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **raise** | gerund |  | the voice |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

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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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