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title: Identify the principal reason for which the name of a resident ought… — Our street: feuds, newcomers and stori… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the name of a resident ought not to be attached to an unsolved theft. Exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

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Identify the principal reason for which the name of a resident ought not to be attached to an unsolved theft.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, not attach, name · **To what, where:** principal reason, name, resident

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the name of a resident ought not to be attached to an unsolved theft.
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	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	resident	resident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	unsolved	unsolved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **attach** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | the name of a resident |  |  |  | for the principal reason; to a unsolved theft | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to theft=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | a resident |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication 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 {#o1}

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Thefts from churches are not considered criminal offences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e2:o1:1
# text = Thefts from churches are not considered criminal offences
1	Thefts	theft	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	offences	offence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **consider** | present · passive |  | Thefts from churches |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The police are obliged to publish all names within one week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e2:o2:1
# text = The police are obliged to publish all names within one week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	publish	publish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the police |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **publish** | to-infinitive |  | all names |  |  | week |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Result |

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

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An innocent person may thereby acquire an undeserved reputation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e2:o3:1
# text = An innocent person may thereby acquire an undeserved reputation
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	undeserved	undeserv	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | may | a innocent person | a undeserved reputation |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme |
| 2 | **undeserv** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Residents are prohibited from discussing local events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:e2:o4:1
# text = Residents are prohibited from discussing local events
1	Residents	resident	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	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	discussing	discuss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Residents |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | gerund |  | local events |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic |

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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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