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title: Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.»… — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.» What did the neighbours do? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

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Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.» What did the neighbours do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** They, street, neighbours · **What happens:** put in, object, do · **To what, where:** Gossip

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:1
# text = Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.»
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	objected	object	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put in** *in a quote* | past | They | Gossip |  |  |  | for a extension | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **object** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | half street |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did the neighbours do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:2
# text = What did the neighbours do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the neighbours |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Moved away from the street at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:o1:1
# text = Moved away from the street at once
1	Moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move away** | participle |  |  |  | the street |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from street=Source at once=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Painted the house to stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:o2:1
# text = Painted the house to stop it
1	Painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | house |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

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

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Told the council they disagreed with the plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:o3:1
# text = Told the council they disagreed with the plan
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	disagreed	disagree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | the council |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent council=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **disagree** | past | they |  |  |  |  | with the plan | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with plan=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Helped to build the neighbour's extension for free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t8:o4:1
# text = Helped to build the neighbour's extension for free
1	Helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | the neighbour's extension |  |  |  | for free | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent extension=Product for free=Asset |

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