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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parental divorce? Exam question 1 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Divorce and two homes

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parental divorce?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» 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/516-divorce-and-two-homes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parental divorce?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  | the cause of a parental divorce |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | a parental divorce |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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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It is ordinarily attributable to the conduct of the eldest child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:e1:o1:1
# text = It is ordinarily attributable to the conduct of the eldest child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the conduct of the eldest child; attributable, ordinarily *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  |  | the eldest child |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It arises from adult reasons and is never attributable to the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:e1:o2:1
# text = It arises from adult reasons and is never attributable to the child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | adult reasons |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the child; attributable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is determined by the court to be the fault of a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:e1:o3:1
# text = It is determined by the court to be the fault of a child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present · passive | the court | It |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the court *not said here* | the fault |  |  |  | of a child | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It follows from disputes concerning a child's bedtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:e1:o4:1
# text = It follows from disputes concerning a child's bedtime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | It |  |  | disputes |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from dispute=Trajectory |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | disputes *not said here* | a child's bedtime |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bedtime=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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