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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises frequent quarrelling between siblings of similar age? Exam question 1 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises frequent quarrelling between siblings of similar age?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** frequent quarrelling

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» 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/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises frequent quarrelling between siblings of similar age?
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	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	quarrelling	quarrelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | frequent quarrelling |  |  |  | of the following statements; between siblings of similar age; accurately *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It should be resolved by physical combat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e1:o1:1
# text = It should be resolved by physical combat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | should · passive | physical combat | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is common and generally diminishes with time, though daily injury is unacceptable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e1:o2:1
# text = It is common and generally diminishes with time, though daily injury is unacceptable
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	diminishes	diminish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	unacceptable	unacceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | common *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **diminish** | present |  |  |  |  | time | generally *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | daily injury |  |  |  |  | unacceptable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It never occurs in families that love one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e1:o3:1
# text = It never occurs in families that love one another
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **occur** | present | It |  |  | families |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in family=Location |
| 2 | **love** | present | families | one |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is invariably a sign of permanent hatred between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room:e1:o4:1
# text = It is invariably a sign of permanent hatred between them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sign |  |  |  | of permanent hatred between them; invariably *property* | tree rules |

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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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