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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an enmity that does not develop into friendship? Exam question 2 of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an enmity that does not develop into friendship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** enmity · **What happens:** follow, characteris, not develop · **To what, where:** enmity, friendship

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an enmity that does not develop into friendship?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	develop	develop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | a enmity |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **develop** | present · do-support | a enmity |  |  | friendship |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into friendship=Product |

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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 must be pursued by retaliation until one party concedes defeat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e2:o1:1
# text = It must be pursued by retaliation until one party concedes defeat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	concedes	concede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | must · passive | retaliation | It |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **concede** | present | one party | defeat |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent defeat=Theme |

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

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Peaceable distance, without conflict, constitutes an acceptable resolution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e2:o2:1
# text = Peaceable distance, without conflict, constitutes an acceptable resolution
1	Peaceable	peaceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	resolution	resolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Peaceable distance and conflict | a acceptable resolution |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme resolution=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It must be concluded by a contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e2:o3:1
# text = It must be concluded by a contest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | must · passive | a contest | It |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It indicates failure on the part of both parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did:e2:o4:1
# text = It indicates failure on the part of both parties
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | failure |  | the part of both parties |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot failure=Topic |

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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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