Exam question 2 · Feuds between families

Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which the twenty-year dispute between two elderly neighbours was concluded.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal · What happens: identify, mean, establish, conclude · To what, where: lesson, year dispute · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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	3 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 concluded	punct
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 concluded	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dispute	det
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 year	nummod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 twenty	punct
17	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dispute	compound
18	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 concluded	nsubj:pass
19	between	between	ADP	_	22 neighbours	case
20	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 neighbours	nummod
21	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 neighbours	amod
22	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 dispute	nmod
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 concluded	aux:pass
24	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 established	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the principal			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	establish	participle			the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	conclude	past · passive		the year dispute between two elderly neighbours		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 right answer

An act of kindness during the illness of one party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 kindness	case
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	nmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 illness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 illness	det
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 party	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 party	nummod
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 illness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act		kindness				during the illness of one party		nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent during=obl

Option 2

The relocation of one party abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relocation	det
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 party	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 party	nummod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relocation	nmod
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 relocation	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate			one party					nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A judgment delivered by a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judgment	det
2	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 judgment	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 court	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 court	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	participle		a judgment not said here				by a court	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The intervention of the municipal council

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 intervention	det
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 council	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 council	det
5	municipal	municipal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 council	amod
6	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intervention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intervene		the municipal council						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

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