Exam question 2 · Our street: who parked where and who won what

Identify the principal reason for which a police visit to a dwelling ought not to be attributed to wrongdoing by a particular occupant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, particular occupant · What happens: identify, dwell, not attribute · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» 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	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 reason	nmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 visit	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 visit	compound
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 which	nsubj
10	to	to	SCONJ	_	17 attributed	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 attributed	det
12	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 attributed	nsubj:pass
13	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 attributed	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 attributed	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	17 attributed	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 attributed	aux:pass
17	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 visit	acl:relcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 wrongdoing	case
19	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attributed	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 occupant	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 occupant	det
22	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 occupant	amod
23	occupant	occupant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attributed	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	dwell	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not attribute	ought · passive	a particular occupant		to wrongdoing	tree rules

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

The police are not permitted to visit private dwellings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permitted	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 permitted	advmod
5	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 visit	mark
7	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 permitted	xcomp
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dwellings	amod
9	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not permit	present · passive		the police					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	visit not said to happen	to-infinitive		private dwellings					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Co-Agent

Option 2

The occupants are obliged to explain every visit to the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 explain	mark
6	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	advcl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 visit	det
8	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explain	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 street	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the occupants					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive		every visit	the street				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent visit=Topic to street=Recipient

Option 3

Such visits are invariably undertaken in consequence of a crime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 visits	amod
2	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 undertaken	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 undertaken	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 undertaken	advmod
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 consequence	case
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crime	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crime	det
10	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · passive		Such visits		consequence of a crime		invariably property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such visits occur for numerous reasons, including the provision of assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 visits	amod
2	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occur	nsubj
3	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 reasons	case
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reasons	amod
6	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 occur	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 provision	punct
8	including	including	ADP	_	10 provision	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 provision	det
10	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occur	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 assistance	case
12	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Such visits					for numerous reasons; including the provision of assistance	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	provide		assistance						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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