Exam question 3 · Making peace between the streets

It is given that two communities dispute the use of a single recreation ground. Select the arrangement most consistent with a fair and durable settlement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two communities, you · What happens: give, dispute, use, select · To what, where: It, use, single recreation ground, arrangement

This is exam question 3 of lesson 394 «Making peace between the streets» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that two communities dispute the use of a single recreation ground.

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	_	7 dispute	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 communities	nummod
6	communities	community	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dispute	nsubj
7	dispute	dispute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 use	det
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dispute	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 ground	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ground	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ground	amod
13	recreation	recreation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ground	compound
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dispute	present	two communities	the use of a single recreation ground	tree rules
3	use			a single recreation ground	nom use «act 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.

Sentence 2: Select the arrangement most consistent with a fair and durable settlement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrangement	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	11 settlement	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 settlement	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 settlement	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 durable	cc
10	durable	durable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fair	conj
11	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The permanent closure of the recreation ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 closure	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 closure	amod
3	closure	closure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
6	recreation	recreation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ground	compound
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close		the recreation ground						nom closure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The resolution of the dispute by a single contest of strength between the two streets

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 resolution	det
2	resolution	resolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 dispute	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dispute	det
5	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolution	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 contest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 contest	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 contest	amod
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolution	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 strength	case
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contest	nmod
12	between	between	ADP	_	15 streets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 streets	det
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 streets	nummod
15	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve		a single contest of strength between the two streets	the dispute					nom resolution «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent
2	contest			strength between the two streets					nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The award of exclusive use to the more numerous community

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 award	det
2	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 use	case
4	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 award	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 community	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 community	det
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 numerous	advmod
9	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 community	amod
10	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 award	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award			exclusive use				to the numerous community	nom award «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The allocation of separate days to each, with shared use on an agreed day

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 allocation	det
2	allocation	allocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 days	case
4	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 days	amod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 allocation	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 each	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 days	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 use	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 use	case
10	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 use	amod
11	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allocation	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 day	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 day	det
14	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	share	participle		tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	participle		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	allocate		separate days to each	nom allocation «possession transitive»: of=patient

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