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title: State the principal reason for which a dwelling is presented in a cl… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal reason for which a dwelling is presented in a clean and orderly condition prior to a viewing. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Moving house and renting a home

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State the principal reason for which a dwelling is presented in a clean and orderly condition prior to a viewing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** present · **To what, where:** dwelling, clean condition

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e4:1
# text = State the principal reason for which a dwelling is presented in a clean and orderly condition prior to a viewing.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	orderly	orderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	20	case	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present · passive |  | a dwelling |  | a clean condition prior a viewing |  | for the State principal reason | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for which=Recipient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Viewings are prohibited in untidy dwellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e4:o1:1
# text = Viewings are prohibited in untidy dwellings
1	Viewings	viewing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Viewings |  | untidy dwellings |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The estate agent is legally obliged to award marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e4:o2:1
# text = The estate agent is legally obliged to award marks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	legally	legally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	award	award	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the estate agent |  |  |  | legally *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **award** | to-infinitive |  | marks |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent mark=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Purchasers are required to clean the dwelling otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e4:o3:1
# text = Purchasers are required to clean the dwelling otherwise
1	Purchasers	purchaser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | Purchasers |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive |  | the dwelling |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dwelling=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Prospective purchasers may more readily envisage residing therein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e4:o4:1
# text = Prospective purchasers may more readily envisage residing therein
1	Prospective	prospective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	purchasers	purchaser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
5	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	envisage	envisage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envisage** | may | Prospective purchasers |  |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **reside** | gerund | Prospective purchasers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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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