Exam question 4 · Our street against theirs

State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that friends and relatives reside in the opposing street.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, friends · What happens: state, reside, oppose · To what, where: conclusion, observation, opposing street

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conclusion	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 observation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 observation	det
8	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 reside	obj
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 reside	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 relatives	cc
12	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 friends	conj
13	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 observation	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 street	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 street	det
16	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 street	amod
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reside	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	reside	present	friends and relatives	the observation	the opposing street	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme that=Location
3	oppose	gerund				vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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

Residence in a particular street determines a person's loyalty and character entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determines	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 street	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 street	det
4	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 street	amod
5	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Residence	nmod
6	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loyalty	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determines	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 character	cc
12	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loyalty	conj
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 determines	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	Residence in a particular street	a person's loyalty and character				entirely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Topic

Option 2

Friendships with residents of the other street ought to be ended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ended	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 residents	case
3	residents	resident	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Friendships	nmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 street	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 street	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 street	amod
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 residents	nmod
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 ended	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	11 ended	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 ended	aux:pass
11	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	ought · passive		Friendships with residents of the other street					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Residence in a particular street determines neither the worth nor the hostility of a person

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determines	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 street	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 street	det
4	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 street	amod
5	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Residence	nmod
6	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	9 worth	cc:preconj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 worth	det
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 determines	ccomp
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	12 hostility	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hostility	det
12	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worth	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hostility	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	Residence in a particular street						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Relatives residing in the opposing street are to be regarded as opponents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	residing	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Relatives	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 street	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 street	det
5	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 street	amod
6	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 residing	obl
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 regarded	aux:pass
8	to	to	PART	_	10 regarded	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 regarded	aux:pass
10	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 opponents	case
12	opponents	opponent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reside	gerund	Relatives not said here		the opposing street		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Location
2	oppose	gerund					vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	regard	present · passive		Relatives		as opponents	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as opponent=Value

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