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Exam question 4 · Our street: who parked where and who won what

It is given that a newly arrived household has not greeted its neighbours. Determine the most appropriate conduct on the part of an established resident.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, arrive, not greet, determine, establish · To what, where: It, arrived household, appropriate conduct, part

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a newly arrived household has not greeted its neighbours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 greeted	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 household	det
6	newly	newly	ADV	_	7 arrived	advmod
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 household	amod
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 greeted	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 greeted	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 greeted	advmod
11	greeted	greet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 neighbours	nmod:poss
13	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 greeted	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrive	participle						newly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not greet speech: greet	present · perfect · passive		a arrived household					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.

Sentence 2: Determine the most appropriate conduct on the part of an established resident.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 part	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 part	det
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 resident	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 resident	det
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 resident	amod
12	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct		the part of a established resident			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To refrain from greeting them until they do so first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refrain	mark
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 greeting	mark
4	greeting	greet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 refrain	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 greeting	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 do	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 refrain	advcl
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 first	advmod
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	to-infinitive							vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	greet speech: greet	gerund			them = they				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	do	present	they					first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To greet the newcomers first and offer a welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 greet	mark
2	greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 newcomers	det
4	newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 greet	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 greet	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 offer	cc
7	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 greet	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 welcome	det
9	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive		the newcomers				first property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newcomer=Theme
2	offer	infinitive		a welcome					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent welcome=Theme

Option 3

To make enquiries as to the newcomers' previous address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	enquiries	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 address	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 as	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 newcomers	det
7	newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 address	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 newcomers	case
9	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 address	amod
10	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		enquiries				as the newcomers's previous address	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset enquiry=Product
2	address		the newcomers						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To inform other residents that the newcomers are aloof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 residents	amod
4	residents	resident	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inform	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 aloof	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 newcomers	det
7	newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 aloof	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 aloof	cop
9	aloof	aloof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 residents	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		other residents					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent resident=Recipient
2	is	present	other residents					aloof property	tree rules

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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