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description: In respect of jealousy, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts? Exam question 4 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

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In respect of jealousy, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** characteris, establish, respect · **To what, where:** established facts, respect, jealousy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e4:1
# text = In respect of jealousy, which statement most accurately characterises the established facts?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present |  | the established facts |  | respect of jealousy and which statement |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | jealousy and which statement |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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 {#o1}

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Jealousy is an abnormal feeling which is experienced only by thoroughly unkind persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e4:o1:1
# text = Jealousy is an abnormal feeling which is experienced only by thoroughly unkind persons
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	abnormal	abnormal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jealousy | a abnormal feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **experience** | present · passive | unkind persons | a abnormal feeling |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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

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Jealousy is a normal feeling, but behaving unkindly because of it is not fair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e4:o2:1
# text = Jealousy is a normal feeling, but behaving unkindly because of it is not fair
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
8	behaving	behave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
9	unkindly	unkindly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jealousy | a normal feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **behave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | because Jealousy; unkindly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | behaving |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jealousy justifies the spoiling of another's possessions in order to restore fairness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e4:o3:1
# text = Jealousy justifies the spoiling of another's possessions in order to restore fairness
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	justifies	justify	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	spoiling	spoiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **justify** *speech: other* | present | Jealousy | the spoiling of another's possessions |  | order |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoiling=Topic |
| 2 | **restore** | to-infinitive | Jealousy *not said here* | fairness |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fairness=Theme |
| 3 | **spoil** |  | another's possessions |  |  |  |  |  | nom spoiling «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jealousy is best addressed by comparing oneself with others as often as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:e4:o4:1
# text = Jealousy is best addressed by comparing oneself with others as often as possible
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	comparing	compare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | present · passive |  | Jealousy |  |  |  | well *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **compare** | gerund |  | oneself |  |  |  | with others; often *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent oneself=Patient with other=Co-Patient |

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