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# Exam question 2 · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

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Whereas a child's ball has passed into a neighbour's garden, state the conduct consistent with good neighbourly practice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** pass, state · **To what, where:** ball, garden, conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» of the everyday 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/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:e2:1
# text = Whereas a child's ball has passed into a neighbour's garden, state the conduct consistent with good neighbourly practice.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
14	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	neighbourly	neighbourly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | a child's ball |  | a neighbour's garden |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into garden=Destination |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

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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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Wait until nightfall and recover it unseen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:e2:o1:1
# text = Wait until nightfall and recover it unseen
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	recover	recover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | until nightfall |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **recover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nightfall |  |  |  | unseen *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Abandon the ball and purchase another one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:e2:o2:1
# text = Abandon the ball and purchase another one
1	Abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme ball=Source |
| 2 | **purchase** | infinitive | you *not said here* | another one |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Knock on the door and request its return politely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:e2:o3:1
# text = Knock on the door and request its return politely
1	Knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the door |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location |
| 2 | **request** | present | you *not said here* | door's return |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent return=Recipient |
| 3 | **return** |  | door |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Climb over the fence quickly to retrieve it before anyone sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:e2:o4:1
# text = Climb over the fence quickly to retrieve it before anyone sees
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the fence |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory |
| 2 | **retrieve** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fence |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | present | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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