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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a new pet's arrival in a home? Exam question 1 of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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 right
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# Exam question 1 · A pet is a responsibility

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a new pet's arrival in a home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new pet · **What happens:** follow, characteris, arrive · **To what, where:** arrival, home

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a new pet's arrival in a home?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | a new pet's arrival |  | a home |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | a new pet |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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It should be shown to all neighbours at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:e1:o1:1
# text = It should be shown to all neighbours at once
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	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | should · passive |  | It | all neighbours |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to neighbour=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It requires a quiet place and several days in which to settle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:e1:o2:1
# text = It requires a quiet place and several days in which to settle
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | a quiet place and several days |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Precondition |
| 2 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | in several days |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It should be handled continuously from arrival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:e1:o3:1
# text = It should be handled continuously from arrival
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	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	continuously	continuously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | should · passive |  | It |  | arrival |  | continuously *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It requires no special arrangements

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:e1:o4:1
# text = It requires no special arrangements
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | no special arrangements |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arrangement=Precondition |

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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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