--- title: Identify the correct designation of the child of one's parent's spou… — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correct designation of the child of one's parent's spouse, where no parent is held in common. Exam question 2 of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Half- and step-siblings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Half- and step-siblings Identify the correct designation of the child of one's parent's spouse, where no parent is held in common. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, hold, designate · **To what, where:** correct designation, parent, common, child This is exam question 2 of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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/505-half-and-step-siblings/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:e2:1 # text = Identify the correct designation of the child of one's parent's spouse, where no parent is held in common. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 spouse spouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct designation of the child of one's spouse | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent designation=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | present · passive | | no parent | | common | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in common=Location | | 3 | **designate** | | | the child of one's spouse | | | | | nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} A step-sibling ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:e2:o1:1 # text = A step-sibling 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A cousin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:e2:o2:1 # text = A cousin 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A full sibling ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:e2:o3:1 # text = A full sibling 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A half-sibling ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:e2:o4:1 # text = A half-sibling 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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