Exam question 3 · Questions, group work and the adults at school

Select the response consistent with established practice for presenting to a class.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, present · To what, where: response, class

This is exam question 3 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 presenting	mark
9	presenting	present	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 practice	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 class	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 class	det
12	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presenting	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	present	gerund	established practice not said here		a class	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to class=Recipient

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

One speaks quietly so as not to disturb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 speaks	nsubj
2	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 speaks	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 not	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 not	case
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 speaks	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 disturb	mark
8	disturb	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 not	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	present	One					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	disturb	to-infinitive	One not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

One reads quickly, looking only at the paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 reads	nsubj
2	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 reads	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 looking	punct
5	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reads	advcl
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 paper	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 paper	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 paper	det
9	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	One					quickly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund	One not said here					at the paper	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at paper=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One practises, speaks slowly and loudly, and looks at the audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 practises	nsubj
2	practises	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 speaks	punct
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 practises	conj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 speaks	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 loudly	cc
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 slowly	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 looks	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 looks	cc
10	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 practises	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 audience	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 audience	det
13	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	practise	present	One		tree rules
2	speak speech: other	present	One not said here	slowly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	look	present	One not said here	at the audience	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at audience=Theme

Option 4

One improvises without any preparation whatsoever, trusting to luck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 improvises	nsubj
2	improvises	improvise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 preparation	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 preparation	det
5	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improvises	obl
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 improvises	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 trusting	punct
8	trusting	trust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 improvises	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 luck	mark
10	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trusting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improvise	present	One					without any preparation; whatsoever property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trust	gerund	One not said here	luck					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme

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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