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description: Ascertain the most probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a high-achieving sibling. Exam question 3 of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 3 · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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Ascertain the most probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a high-achieving sibling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, repeat, achieve, compare · **To what, where:** probable consequence, one child

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a high-achieving sibling.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	achieving	achieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a achieving sibling |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **achieve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **compare** |  |  | one child with a achieving sibling |  |  |  |  | nom comparison «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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The siblings' affection for one another invariably increases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e3:o1:1
# text = The siblings' affection for one another invariably increases
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	fixed	_	_
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the siblings's affection |  |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No consequence whatsoever arises from such comparison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e3:o2:1
# text = No consequence whatsoever arises from such comparison
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | no consequence |  |  | such comparison |  | whatsoever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child's achievement immediately exceeds the sibling's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e3:o3:1
# text = The child's achievement immediately exceeds the sibling's
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	achievement	achievement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	exceeds	exceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | present | the child's achievement | the sibling |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sibling=Theme |
| 2 | **achieve** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The child feels diminished and discouraged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e3:o4:1
# text = The child feels diminished and discouraged
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	discouraged	discourage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **diminish** | participle | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **discourage** | participle | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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