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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness consequent upon relocation abroad? Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness consequent upon relocation abroad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** homesickness consequent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homesickness consequent upon relocation abroad?
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	1	nmod	_	_
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	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	consequent	consequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	relocation	relocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  | homesickness consequent |  |  |  | upon relocation; abroad, 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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It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e1:o1:1
# text = It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present · passive | adults and children | It |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is permanent and incapable of any amelioration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e1:o2:1
# text = It is permanent and incapable of any amelioration
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	amelioration	amelioration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | permanent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | of any amelioration | tree rules |

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

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It is a common sorrow for the former home which customarily diminishes over months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e1:o3:1
# text = It is a common sorrow for the former home which customarily diminishes over months
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	diminishes	diminish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a common sorrow |  |  |  | for the former home | tree rules |
| 2 | **diminish** | present | a common sorrow |  |  |  | month | customarily *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a contagious ailment acquired upon arrival in a foreign country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e1:o4:1
# text = It is a contagious ailment acquired upon arrival in a foreign country
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	contagious	contagious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ailment	ailment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a contagious ailment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **acquire** | participle |  | a contagious ailment *not said here* |  | a foreign country |  | upon arrival | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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