Exam question 2 · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate manner of speaking while a parent converses with another person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: appropriate manner · What happens: follow, constitute, speak · To what, where: appropriate manner, parent converses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 manner	amod
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 speaking	mark
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 manner	acl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 converses	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 converses	compound
14	converses	converse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 speaking	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 person	case
16	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	17 person	det
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 converses	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present		the appropriate manner		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme manner=Pivot
3	speak speech: other	gerund	the appropriate manner not said here	parent converses	with another person	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To await a pause or place a hand gently on his arm and wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 await	mark
2	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pause	det
4	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 await	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 place	cc
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pause	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 await	obl:unmarked
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	2 await	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 await	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wait	cc
14	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 await	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	to-infinitive		a pause or place		his arm		a hand obl:unmarked; gently property	tree rules
2	wait	infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To pull at his clothing repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pull	mark
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 clothing	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 clothing	nmod:poss
5	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obl
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 pull	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	to-infinitive						at his clothing; repeatedly property	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at clothing=Theme

Option 3

To interrupt at once with one's news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 interrupt	mark
2	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 interrupt	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 news	case
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 news	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interrupt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrupt	to-infinitive						with one's news	tree rules

Option 4

To speak loudly until noticed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 speak	mark
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 noticed	mark
5	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 speak	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	to-infinitive						loudly property	tree rules
2	notice	participle							vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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