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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of disputes between parents? Exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of disputes between parents?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, cause · **To what, where:** cause, disputes

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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/reflection/12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of disputes between parents?
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	_	12	case	_	_
12	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	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 disputes between parents |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | disputes between parents |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Such disputes concern adult matters and are not caused by the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e1:o1:1
# text = Such disputes concern adult matters and are not caused by the child
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	by	by	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 | **matter** | present | Such disputes and concern adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **cause** | present · passive | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such disputes may be terminated by exemplary conduct on the part of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e1:o2:1
# text = Such disputes may be terminated by exemplary conduct on the part of the child
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | may · passive | exemplary conduct | Such disputes |  | the part of the child |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such disputes are caused principally by the conduct of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e1:o3:1
# text = Such disputes are caused principally by the conduct of the child
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | the conduct of the child | Such disputes |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** |  |  | the child |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such disputes arise solely where children are untidy at mealtimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:e1:o4:1
# text = Such disputes arise solely where children are untidy at mealtimes
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arise	arise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mealtimes	mealtime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | Such disputes |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | children |  |  | mealtimes |  | solely, untidy *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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