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title: Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permis… — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permission. Exam question 2 of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

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Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permission.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, require · **To what, where:** principal reason, planning permission

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for the requirement of planning permission.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  | for the requirement of planning permission | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **require** |  |  | planning permission |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To ensure that every dwelling in a street is of an identical appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:e2:o1:1
# text = To ensure that every dwelling in a street is of an identical appearance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ensure** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | every dwelling in a street |  |  |  |  | of a identical appearance | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To prohibit the construction of any building whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:e2:o2:1
# text = To prohibit the construction of any building whatsoever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prohibit	prohibit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | to-infinitive |  | the construction of any building |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer construction=Theme |
| 2 | **construct** |  |  | any building |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To prevent construction which is unsafe or detrimental to neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:e2:o3:1
# text = To prevent construction which is unsafe or detrimental to neighbours
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | construction |  |  |  | to neighbours | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer construction=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | construction |  |  |  |  | unsafe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | construction *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To guarantee that every resident pays an additional fee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:e2:o4:1
# text = To guarantee that every resident pays an additional fee
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	resident	resident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | present | every resident | a additional fee |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fee=Asset |

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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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