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# Exam question 3 · Borrowing without asking

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fruit growing upon a branch which overhangs a neighbouring property?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fruit, branch · **What happens:** follow, characteris, grow, overhang, neighbour · **To what, where:** fruit, branch, neighbouring property

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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/339-borrowing-without-asking/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fruit growing upon a branch which overhangs a neighbouring property?
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	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	overhangs	overhang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 |  | fruit |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | gerund | fruit *not said here* |  |  | a branch |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon branch=Location |
| 4 | **overhang** | present | a branch | a neighbouring property |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme property=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It belongs to no person whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:e3:o1:1
# text = It belongs to no person whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to no person; whatsoever *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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

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It remains the property of the owner of the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:e3:o2:1
# text = It remains the property of the owner of the tree
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It | the property of the owner of the tree |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme property=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It becomes the property of whoever stands beneath it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:e3:o3:1
# text = It becomes the property of whoever stands beneath it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | It | the property |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stand** | present | whoever |  |  | property |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It may be taken freely by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:339-borrowing-without-asking:e3:o4:1
# text = It may be taken freely by children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | may · passive | children | It |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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