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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a me… — A sibling with a disability or illness… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meltdown experienced by an autistic child in a brightly lit shop? Exam question 1 of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meltdown experienced by an autistic child in a brightly lit shop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, experience, lit · **To what, where:** meltdown

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meltdown experienced by an autistic child in a brightly lit shop?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	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 |  | a meltdown |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **experience** | participle |  | a meltdown *not said here* |  |  |  | by a autistic child in a lit shop | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | brightly *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 {#o1}

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A deliberate attempt to obtain confectionery from the parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e1:o1:1
# text = A deliberate attempt to obtain confectionery from the parent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | confectionery |  |  |  | from the parent | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent confectionery=Theme from parent=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A response to too much noise and light for the brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e1:o2:1
# text = A response to too much noise and light for the brain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sign that the child requires considerably stricter discipline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e1:o3:1
# text = A sign that the child requires considerably stricter discipline
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl	_	_
6	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stricter	strict	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	discipline	discipline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | a sign | stricter discipline |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discipline=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A condition liable to be transmitted to nearby shoppers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e1:o4:1
# text = A condition liable to be transmitted to nearby shoppers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shoppers	shopper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | nearby shoppers |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to shopper=Destination |

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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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