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Exam question 3 · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking. Select the response consistent with courtesy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, parent, you · What happens: give, wish, attract, speak, attend, select · To what, where: It, attention, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wishes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wishes	nsubj
7	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 attract	mark
9	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wishes	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attention	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 parent	case
13	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attract	obj
14	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	18 speaking	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 parent	det
16	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 speaking	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 speaking	aux
18	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 attract	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wish	present	a child						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	attract not said to happen	to-infinitive	a child not said here	a parent's attention					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
4	speak speech: other	present · progressive	the parent						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	attend		a parent						nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with courtesy.

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	_	6 courtesy	case
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

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

Wait for a pause or rest a hand gently upon the arm and wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 pause	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pause	det
4	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	obj
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 rest	advmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 arm	det
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wait	cc
14	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for a pause	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rest	infinitive	you not said here	a hand		the arm		gently property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon arm=Location
3	wait	infinitive	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Pull repeatedly upon the parent's sleeve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 sleeve	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleeve	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 parent	case
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here					upon the parent's sleeve; repeatedly property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Speak louder and louder than the parent until one is heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 louder	cc
4	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 louder	conj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 parent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 louder	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 heard	mark
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 heard	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	aux:pass
11	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	present · passive		one					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Stand directly between the speakers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	directly	directly	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	between	between	ADP	_	5 speakers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 speakers	det
5	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here					between the speakers; directly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between speaker=Location

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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