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title: State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that frien… — Our street against theirs · tree and pragmatics
description: State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that friends and relatives reside in the opposing street. Exam question 4 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; M
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# Exam question 4 · Our street against theirs

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State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that friends and relatives reside in the opposing street.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, friends · **What happens:** state, reside, oppose · **To what, where:** conclusion, observation, opposing street

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e4:1
# text = State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that friends and relatives reside in the opposing street.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
10	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	reside	reside	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	opposing	oppose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **reside** | present | friends and relatives | the observation |  | the opposing street |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme that=Location |
| 3 | **oppose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Residence in a particular street determines a person's loyalty and character entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e4:o1:1
# text = Residence in a particular street determines a person's loyalty and character entirely
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | Residence in a particular street | a person's loyalty and character |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Friendships with residents of the other street ought to be ended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e4:o2:1
# text = Friendships with residents of the other street ought to be ended
1	Friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	residents	resident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | ought · passive |  | Friendships with residents of the other street |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Residence in a particular street determines neither the worth nor the hostility of a person

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e4:o3:1
# text = Residence in a particular street determines neither the worth nor the hostility of a person
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	9	cc:preconj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hostility	hostility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | Residence in a particular street |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Relatives residing in the opposing street are to be regarded as opponents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:382-our-street-against-theirs:e4:o4:1
# text = Relatives residing in the opposing street are to be regarded as opponents
1	Relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	opposing	oppose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	opponents	opponent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | gerund | Relatives *not said here* |  |  | the opposing street |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Location |
| 2 | **oppose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **regard** | present · passive |  | Relatives |  |  |  | as opponents | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as opponent=Value |

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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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