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# Exam question 2 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

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Identify the circumstances in which a child ought to inform an adult about the conduct of a sibling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, inform, conduct · **To what, where:** circumstances, adult, sibling

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e2:1
# text = Identify the circumstances in which a child ought to inform an adult about the conduct of a sibling.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstances |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | ought | a child | the circumstances *not said here* | a adult | the circumstances |  | about the conduct of a sibling | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | a sibling |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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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Only when the sibling has refused to share a toy or a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e2:o1:1
# text = Only when the sibling has refused to share a toy or a game
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present · perfect · passive |  | the sibling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **share** | to-infinitive |  | a toy or a game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never, since all matters between siblings must remain secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e2:o2:1
# text = Never, since all matters between siblings must remain secret
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **remain** | must | all matters between siblings |  |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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When someone is hurt, in danger, or breaking an important rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e2:o3:1
# text = When someone is hurt, in danger, or breaking an important rule
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | someone |  | danger |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | gerund |  | a important rule |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Whenever the sibling does anything at all which happens to be annoying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:e2:o4:1
# text = Whenever the sibling does anything at all which happens to be annoying
1	Whenever	whenever	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the sibling | anything |  | all |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | annoying *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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