Exam question 4 · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

State the conduct expected within a place of worship such as a church, mosque, synagogue, temple or gurdwara.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, conduct · What happens: state, expect · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	nsubj
4	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 State	ccomp
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 worship	case
9	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 church	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 church	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worship	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mosque	punct
15	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 church	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 synagogue	punct
17	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 church	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 temple	punct
19	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 church	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 gurdwara	cc
21	gurdwara	gurdwara	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 temple	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	expect	past	the conduct					within a place of worship such a church and mosque and synagogue and temple or gurdwara	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Ignoring its rules if one does not share the faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 rules	nmod:poss
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ignoring	obj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 share	mark
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 share	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 share	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 share	advmod
8	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ignoring	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 faith	det
10	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	gerund		its rules	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	not share a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	one	the faith	tree rules
3	rule		its = it		nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Speaking quietly, not running and following its rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Speaking	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 running	punct
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 running	advmod
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Speaking	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 following	cc
7	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Speaking	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rules	nmod:poss
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund			quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not run	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	follow	gerund		its rules		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
4	rule		its = it			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Speaking freely and taking photographs at will, as in any public place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	freely	freely	ADV	_	1 Speaking	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 taking	cc
4	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Speaking	conj
5	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taking	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 will	case
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taking	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Speaking	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 place	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 place	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 place	det
12	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 place	amod
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund						as any public place; freely property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	gerund		photographs					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

Option 4

Running in order to find a seat quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 order	case
3	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Running	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 seat	det
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				order			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory
2	find	to-infinitive		a seat				quickly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Topic

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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