--- title: If nobody needed planning permission, what might happen? — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics description: If nobody needed planning permission, what might happen? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Neighbours, the council, rules and fai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness If nobody needed planning permission, what might happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody, permission · **What happens:** need, plan, happen · **To what, where:** permission This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t6:1 # text = If nobody needed planning permission, what might happen? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 3 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 planning plan VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **plan** *not said to happen* | gerund | nobody *not said here* | permission | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | might | permission | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Someone could build a tower that blocks your light ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t6:o2:1 # text = Someone could build a tower that blocks your light 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 blocks block VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | could | Someone | a tower | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Product | | 2 | **block** | present | a tower | your light | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer light=Theme | | 3 | **light** | | your | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Every house would get bigger for free ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t6:o3:1 # text = Every house would get bigger for free 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | every house | | | | | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} The council would build everyone a garden at the back of the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t6:o4:1 # text = The council would build everyone a garden at the back of the house 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | would | the council | a garden | everyone | the back of the house | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Beneficiary garden=Product | **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. 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