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description: In respect of a child's belief that he caused his parents' separation, select the statement consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★

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In respect of a child's belief that he caused his parents' separation, select the statement consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, you, parents · **What happens:** cause, select, establish, respect, believe, separate · **To what, where:** separation, statement, respect, belief

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e3:1
# text = In respect of a child's belief that he caused his parents' separation, select the statement consistent with the established facts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | child | child's parents's separation |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition separation=Patient |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  | respect of a child's belief |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a child's belief |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **believe** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **separate** |  | child's parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom separation «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Children bear no responsibility for the separation of their parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e3:o1:1
# text = Children bear no responsibility for the separation of their parents
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | Children | no responsibility |  |  |  | for the separation of Children's parents | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for separation=Attribute |
| 2 | **separate** |  | Children's parents |  |  |  |  |  | nom separation «state intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Separation results principally from untidiness at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e3:o2:1
# text = Separation results principally from untidiness at home
1	Separation	separation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	untidiness	untidiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Children are partially responsible where they have misbehaved at home or at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e3:o3:1
# text = Children are partially responsible where they have misbehaved at home or at school
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	partially	partially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
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	misbehaved	misbehave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Children |  |  |  |  | partially, responsible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **misbehave** | present · perfect | Children *= child* |  |  | home or school |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such beliefs are invariably accurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:32-olympiad-thinking-traps-and-what-helps-first:e3:o4:1
# text = Such beliefs are invariably accurate
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such beliefs |  |  |  |  | accurate, invariably *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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