---
title: Identify the principal conduct of the residents of the street follow… — Neighbours who don't speak and the fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal conduct of the residents of the street following the burglary of the corner shop. Exam question 2 of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Neighbours who don't speak and the fri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the principal conduct of the residents of the street following the burglary of the corner shop.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, street · **What happens:** identify, follow, conduct, burgle · **To what, where:** principal conduct, burglary, residents, corner shop

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal conduct of the residents of the street following the burglary of the corner shop.
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	residents	resident	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	burglary	burglary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal conduct of the residents of the street |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the street *not said here* | the burglary of the corner shop |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=Theme |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | the residents of the street |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **burgle** |  |  | the corner shop |  |  |  |  | nom burglary «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held the shopkeeper responsible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e2:o1:1
# text = They held the shopkeeper responsible
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They | the shopkeeper |  |  |  | responsible *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopkeeper=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They remained indifferent to the event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e2:o2:1
# text = They remained indifferent to the event
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | They |  |  |  |  | to the event; indifferent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They withdrew their custom from the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e2:o3:1
# text = They withdrew their custom from the shop
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | past | They | their custom |  | the shop |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent custom=Theme from shop=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They assembled voluntarily to clean and repair the premises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:e2:o4:1
# text = They assembled voluntarily to clean and repair the premises
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	repair	repair	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assemble** | past | They |  |  |  |  | voluntarily *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **repair** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the premises |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent premise=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Neighbours who don't speak and the fri…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/e1/)
- next →: [Neighbours who don't speak and the fri…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/)