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title: Ascertain the correct attribution of responsibility where an adult s… — A sibling with a disability or illness… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the correct attribution of responsibility where an adult sibling departs the family home following a quarrel with a parent. Exam question 4 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 t
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# Exam question 4 · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

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Ascertain the correct attribution of responsibility where an adult sibling departs the family home following a quarrel with a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult sibling · **What happens:** ascertain, depart, follow, attribute · **To what, where:** correct attribution, family, quarrel, responsibility

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the correct attribution of responsibility where an adult sibling departs the family home following a quarrel with a parent.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	attribution	attribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 correct attribution of responsibility |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribution=Topic |
| 2 | **depart** | present | a adult sibling | the family |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | a adult sibling *not said here* | a quarrel |  |  |  | with a parent; home *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Theme |
| 4 | **attribute** |  |  | responsibility |  |  |  |  | nom attribution «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Responsibility rests with whichever child was present at the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e4:o1:1
# text = Responsibility rests with whichever child was present at the time
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | Responsibility |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | whichever child |  |  |  | time | present *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The younger child ought to have prevented the quarrel occurring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e4:o2:1
# text = The younger child ought to have prevented the quarrel occurring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | ought · perfect · passive |  | the younger child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **occur** | gerund | the quarrel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The younger child bears full responsibility for the departure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e4:o3:1
# text = The younger child bears full responsibility for the departure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The younger child bears none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home:e4:o4:1
# text = The younger child bears none
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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