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title: Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring… — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets as described. Exam question 1 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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 1 · Our street against theirs

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Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets as described.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, neighbour, describe · **To what, where:** principal characteristic

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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/382-our-street-against-theirs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets as described.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feud	feud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme |
| 2 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 is confined to children of the same age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e1:o1:1
# text = It is confined to children of the same age
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | It | children of the same age |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to child=Destination |

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

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It persists long after any original cause has been forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e1:o2:1
# text = It persists long after any original cause has been forgotten
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persists	persist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive |  | any original cause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is resolved by one decisive confrontation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e1:o3:1
# text = It is resolved by one decisive confrontation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	decisive	decisive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	confrontation	confrontation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present · passive | one decisive confrontation | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is invariably caused by a serious offence committed by one side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e1:o4:1
# text = It is invariably caused by a serious offence committed by one side
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | a serious offence | It |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **commit** | participle |  | a serious offence *not said here* |  |  |  | by one side | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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