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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of their households. Exam question 4 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of their households.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, responsibility

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of their households.
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	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | the established facts *not said here* | the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of difficulties's households |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus responsibility=Experiencer |

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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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Children bear principal responsibility for such difficulties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e4:o1:1
# text = Children bear principal responsibility for such difficulties
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | Children | principal responsibility |  |  |  | for such difficulties | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for difficulty=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children are obliged by law to remedy such difficulties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e4:o2:1
# text = Children are obliged by law to remedy such difficulties
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	remedy	remedy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive | law | Children |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **remedy** | to-infinitive | law *not said here* | such difficulties |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Children bear no responsibility for such difficulties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e4:o3:1
# text = Children bear no responsibility for such difficulties
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | Children | no responsibility |  |  |  | for such difficulties | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for difficulty=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children bear responsibility only where they have requested gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e4:o4:1
# text = Children bear responsibility only where they have requested gifts
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | Children | responsibility |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Beneficiary gift=Patient |
| 2 | **request** | present · perfect | Children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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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