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title: Identify the principal reason for which an elder sibling of thirteen… — Lonely and different: accents, big bro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which an elder sibling of thirteen years may cease to play with a younger sibling. Exam question 2 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 pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

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Identify the principal reason for which an elder sibling of thirteen years may cease to play with a younger sibling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, elder sibling · **What happens:** identify, cease, play · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an elder sibling of thirteen years may cease to play with a younger sibling.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	amod	_	_
20	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **cease** | may | a elder sibling of thirteen years |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | a elder sibling of thirteen years *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a younger sibling | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sibling=Theme |

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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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The younger sibling has committed a grave and undisclosed offence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e2:o1:1
# text = The younger sibling has committed a grave and undisclosed offence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	undisclosed	undisclos	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | present · perfect · passive |  | the younger sibling |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset grave=Goal |
| 2 | **undisclos** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Persons of thirteen are prohibited from playing games with children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e2:o2:1
# text = Persons of thirteen are prohibited from playing games with children
1	Persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Persons of thirteen |  | playing games |  | with children | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from game=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Adolescents commonly seek greater privacy and the company of their peers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e2:o3:1
# text = Adolescents commonly seek greater privacy and the company of their peers
1	Adolescents	adolescent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	commonly	commonly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	peers	peer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | infinitive | Adolescents | greater privacy and the company of Adolescents's peers |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privacy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The elder sibling has invariably ceased to hold the younger in affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much:e2:o4:1
# text = The elder sibling has invariably ceased to hold the younger in affection
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present · perfect · passive |  | the elder sibling |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | the younger |  | affection |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent young=Theme in affection=Location |

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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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