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# Exam question 2 · Feuds between families

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Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which the twenty-year dispute between two elderly neighbours was concluded.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, mean, establish, conclude · **To what, where:** lesson, year dispute · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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/474-feuds-between-families/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which the twenty-year dispute between two elderly neighbours was concluded.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	between	between	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
21	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the principal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **conclude** | past · passive |  | the year dispute between two elderly neighbours |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An act of kindness during the illness of one party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e2:o1:1
# text = An act of kindness during the illness of one party
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** |  | kindness |  |  |  | during the illness of one party |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent during=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The relocation of one party abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e2:o2:1
# text = The relocation of one party abroad
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** |  |  | one party |  |  |  |  | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A judgment delivered by a court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e2:o3:1
# text = A judgment delivered by a court
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | participle |  | a judgment *not said here* |  |  |  | by a court | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The intervention of the municipal council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:e2:o4:1
# text = The intervention of the municipal council
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	municipal	municipal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intervene** |  | the municipal council |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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