Exam question 2 · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permission.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, require · To what, where: principal reason, planning permission

This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» of the adult life 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 requirement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 requirement	det
7	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 permission	case
9	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 permission	compound
10	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requirement	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason				for the requirement of planning permission	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	require			planning permission					nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To ensure that every dwelling in a street is of an identical appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ensure	mark
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 appearance	mark
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 dwelling	det
5	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 appearance	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 street	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dwelling	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 appearance	cop
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 appearance	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 appearance	det
12	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 appearance	amod
13	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ensure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ensure	to-infinitive							vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	every dwelling in a street					of a identical appearance	tree rules

Option 2

To prohibit the construction of any building whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prohibit	mark
2	prohibit	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 construction	det
4	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 building	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 building	det
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 construction	nmod
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 prohibit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	to-infinitive		the construction of any building				whatsoever property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer construction=Theme
2	construct			any building					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To prevent construction which is unsafe or detrimental to neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 unsafe	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unsafe	cop
6	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 construction	acl:relcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 detrimental	cc
8	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 unsafe	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 neighbours	case
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		construction	to neighbours	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer construction=Theme
2	is	present	construction		unsafe property	tree rules
3	be		construction not said here			tree rules

Option 4

To guarantee that every resident pays an additional fee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guarantee	mark
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 pays	mark
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 resident	det
5	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pays	nsubj
6	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 guarantee	ccomp
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fee	det
8	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fee	amod
9	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	to-infinitive							vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
2	pay	present	every resident	a additional fee					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fee=Asset

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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