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# Exam question 1 · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion that adolescents congregating outside a shop are «up to no good»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** adolescents · **What happens:** follow, characteris, congregate, be · **To what, where:** assertion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion that adolescents congregating outside a shop are «up to no good»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
12	adolescents	adolescent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
13	congregating	congregate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
22	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the assertion |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **congregate** | gerund | adolescents *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside a shop | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | adolescents |  |  |  |  | to no good; up *property* | tree rules |

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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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It constitutes a neutral description of the observed behaviour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e1:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a neutral description of the observed behaviour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	neutral	neutral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a neutral description of the observed behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme description=Pivot |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **describe** |  |  | the observed behaviour |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes a verified report of criminal conduct by those present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e1:o2:1
# text = It constitutes a verified report of criminal conduct by those present
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	verified	verified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a verified report of criminal conduct |  |  |  | by that present | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme report=Pivot |
| 2 | **report** |  |  | criminal conduct |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It constitutes an official finding of the local police authority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e1:o3:1
# text = It constitutes an official finding of the local police authority
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	finding	finding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a official finding of the local police authority |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme finding=Pivot |
| 2 | **find** |  |  | the local police authority |  |  |  |  | nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It constitutes a judgement upon an entire group from a single observation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e1:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a judgement upon an entire group from a single observation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a judgement |  | a single observation |  | upon a entire group | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme judgement=Pivot |

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