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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Siblings as best mates and as rivals · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the division of labour between siblings collaborating upon a project. Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the division of labour between siblings collaborating upon a project.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, siblings · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, collaborate · **To what, where:** response, division

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the division of labour between siblings collaborating upon a project.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	collaborating	collaborate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the division of labour between siblings |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus division=Experiencer |
| 4 | **collaborate** | gerund | siblings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon a project | vn conspire-71 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Disagreement proves the project ought to be abandoned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e4:o1:1
# text = Disagreement proves the project ought to be abandoned
1	Disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | Disagreement |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **abandon** | ought · passive |  | the project |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Collaboration between siblings must inevitably fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e4:o2:1
# text = Collaboration between siblings must inevitably fail
1	Collaboration	collaboration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	inevitably	inevitably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | must | Collaboration between siblings |  |  |  |  | inevitably *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Fair division of tasks can render rivals a team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e4:o3:1
# text = Fair division of tasks can render rivals a team
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | can | Fair division of tasks | rivals |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rival=Recipient team=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only one sibling ought ever to perform every task

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:e4:o4:1
# text = Only one sibling ought ever to perform every task
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | ought | one sibling | every task |  |  | ever |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme |

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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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