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title: State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address… — Railway crossings, maps and addresses · tree and pragmatics
description: State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address are written. Exam question 3 of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Exam question 3 · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

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State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address are written.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** write · **To what, where:** elements, correct sequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:e3:1
# text = State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address are written.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	elements	element	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | the elements of a postal address |  | the correct sequence |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |

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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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Postcode, town, name, street, county

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:e3:o1:1
# text = Postcode, town, name, street, county
1	Postcode	postcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Name, postcode, house number and street, county, then the town at the foot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:e3:o2:1
# text = Name, postcode, house number and street, county, then the town at the foot
1	Name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	postcode	postcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Town, name, postcode, street, county

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:e3:o3:1
# text = Town, name, postcode, street, county
1	Town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	postcode	postcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Name, house number and street, town, state or county, postcode

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:e3:o4:1
# text = Name, house number and street, town, state or county, postcode
1	Name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	postcode	postcode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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