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# Exam question 4 · Helpers in town and building sites

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State the reason for which entry within the perimeter fence of a construction site is prohibited.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** prohibit · **To what, where:** State reason

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e4:1
# text = State the reason for which entry within the perimeter fence of a construction site is prohibited.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	perimeter	perimeter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | the State reason for which entry within the perimeter fence of a construction site |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Entry merely delays the completion of the works by the builders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e4:o1:1
# text = Entry merely delays the completion of the works by the builders
1	Entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	delays	delay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | present | Entry | the completion of the works |  |  |  | by the builders; merely *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent completion=Source |
| 2 | **complete** |  |  | the works |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Machinery, excavations and falling objects are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e4:o2:1
# text = Machinery, excavations and falling objects are dangerous
1	Machinery	machinery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	excavations	excavation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | Machinery and excavations *not said here* | objects |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient object=Result |
| 2 | **is** | present | Machinery and excavations |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The site is the private garden of the workers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e4:o3:1
# text = The site is the private garden of the workers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the site | the private garden |  |  |  | of the workers | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The materials stored there are of great value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e4:o4:1
# text = The materials stored there are of great value
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stored	store	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | past | the materials |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | the materials *not said here* |  |  | there |  | of great value | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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