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# Exam question 1 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of a dispute between parents upon a festive occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of a dispute between parents upon a festive occasion?
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	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	festive	festive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 consequence of a dispute between parents |  |  |  | of the following statements; upon a festive occasion; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Such an incident invariably renders all future festivities disagreeable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e1:o1:1
# text = Such an incident invariably renders all future festivities disagreeable
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	festivities	festivity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	disagreeable	disagreeable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present |  | such incident |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent festivity=Recipient disagreeable=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A single disagreeable incident does not determine the character of all future ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e1:o2:1
# text = A single disagreeable incident does not determine the character of all future ones
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	disagreeable	disagreeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **determine** | present · do-support | a single disagreeable incident | the character of all future ones |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Festive occasions are wholly free of stress for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e1:o3:1
# text = Festive occasions are wholly free of stress for adults
1	Festive	festive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Festive occasions |  |  |  |  | of stress; for adults; free, wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Festive disputes are caused principally by the children present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:e1:o4:1
# text = Festive disputes are caused principally by the children present
1	Festive	festive	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	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive |  | Festive disputes |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **present** | present | the children |  |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: 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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