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title: It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other… — Twins and big families · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other. Ascertain the probable effect upon the quieter twin. Exam question 4 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 optio
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# Exam question 4 · Twins and big families

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It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other. Ascertain the probable effect upon the quieter twin.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one twin, you · **What happens:** give, respond, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, behalf, probable effect

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:1
# text = It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	responds	respond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | one twin |  |  | behalf of the other |  | habitually *property* | vn respond-113 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the probable effect upon the quieter twin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the probable effect upon the quieter twin.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable effect |  |  |  | upon the quieter twin | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The quieter twin will be relieved of all duties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:o1:1
# text = The quieter twin will be relieved of all duties
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	relieved	relieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | future · passive |  | the quieter twin |  |  |  | of all duties | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source of duty=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The quieter twin will become the more talkative

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:o2:1
# text = The quieter twin will become the more talkative
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	talkative	talkative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | future | the quieter twin |  |  |  |  | talkative *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The quieter twin may feel invisible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:o3:1
# text = The quieter twin may feel invisible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | may | the quieter twin |  |  |  |  | invisible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The quieter twin will cease to have preferences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:e4:o4:1
# text = The quieter twin will cease to have preferences
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | future | the quieter twin |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the quieter twin *not said here* | preferences |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Patient |

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