Exam question 1 · Our street against theirs

Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets as described.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, neighbour, describe · To what, where: principal characteristic

This is exam question 1 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» of the everyday 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 characteristic	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characteristic	amod
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 feud	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feud	det
7	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristic	nmod
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 streets	case
9	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 streets	amod
10	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feud	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 described	mark
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme
2	neighbour	gerund			tree rules
3	describe	participle	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

It is confined to children of the same age

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 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 age	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 age	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 age	amod
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It	children of the same age				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It persists long after any original cause has been forgotten

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	2 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 persists	advmod
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 forgotten	mark
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 cause	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cause	amod
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgotten	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 forgotten	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 forgotten	aux:pass
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 persists	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It					long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget	present · perfect · passive		any original cause					tree rules

Option 3

It is resolved by one decisive confrontation

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 resolved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 resolved	aux:pass
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 confrontation	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 confrontation	nummod
6	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 confrontation	amod
7	confrontation	confrontation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present · passive	one decisive confrontation	It					tree rules

Option 4

It is invariably caused by a serious offence committed by one side

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	4 caused	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 caused	advmod
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 offence	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 offence	det
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 offence	amod
8	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
9	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 offence	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 side	nummod
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 committed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	a serious offence	It				invariably property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	commit	participle		a serious offence not said here				by one side	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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