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# Exam question 1 · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Identify the principal defect in a judgement whereby an identical act, committed at an identical age, is excused in one child and censured in another.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, commit, excuse, censure · **To what, where:** principal defect, judgement, identical act, identical age, another

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world 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/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal defect in a judgement whereby an identical act, committed at an identical age, is excused in one child and censured in another.
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	defect	defect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	excused	excuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	censured	censure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 defect |  | a judgement |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent defect=Theme |
| 2 | **commit** | participle |  | a identical act *not said here* |  |  | at a identical age |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **excuse** | present · passive |  | a identical act |  |  |  | in one child; whereby *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **censure** | participle |  |  |  | another |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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It constitutes a double standard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e1:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a double standard
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a double standard |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme standard=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes an appeal to tradition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e1:o2:1
# text = It constitutes an appeal to tradition
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a appeal |  |  |  | to tradition | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme appeal=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It constitutes a controlled experiment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e1:o3:1
# text = It constitutes a controlled experiment
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a controlled experiment |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme experiment=Pivot |
| 2 | **control** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It constitutes a fair and reasonable exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e1:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a fair and reasonable exception
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a fair exception |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exception=Pivot |

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