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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cousins of markedly differing financial circumstances. Exam question 4 of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 4 · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cousins of markedly differing financial circumstances.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cousins · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, differ · **To what, where:** response, financial circumstances

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cousins of markedly differing financial circumstances.
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	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
10	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	markedly	markedly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
14	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **differ** | gerund | cousins *not said here* | financial circumstances |  |  |  | markedly *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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The poorer cousin is necessarily the superior person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:e4:o1:1
# text = The poorer cousin is necessarily the superior person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poorer	poor	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the poorer cousin | the superior person |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wealthier cousin is necessarily the superior person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:e4:o2:1
# text = The wealthier cousin is necessarily the superior person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wealthier	wealthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wealthier cousin | the superior person |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Cousins of differing means cannot be friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:e4:o3:1
# text = Cousins of differing means cannot be friends
1	Cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	differing	differing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Cousins of differing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | can |  | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Wealth confers no superior worth, though it may limit understanding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:e4:o4:1
# text = Wealth confers no superior worth, though it may limit understanding
1	Wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	limit	limit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present | Wealth | no superior worth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **limit** | may | Wealth | understanding |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer understanding=Patient |

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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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