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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of lateness of the two siblings in the present month. Exam question 3 of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of lateness of the two siblings in the present month.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, frequency

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of lateness of the two siblings in the present month.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frequency	frequency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lateness	lateness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the frequency of lateness of the two siblings in the present month |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus frequency=Experiencer |

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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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The sister was late once and the brother four times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e3:o1:1
# text = The sister was late once and the brother four times
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sister |  |  |  | time | late, once *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sister was late on every occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e3:o2:1
# text = The sister was late on every occasion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sister |  |  | every occasion |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The brother was never late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e3:o3:1
# text = The brother was never late
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the brother |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both were late an equal number of times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:e3:o4:1
# text = Both were late an equal number of times
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Both | a equal number |  |  | time | late *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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