Exam question 4 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

State the appropriate manner of attracting the attention of a parent engaged in conversation.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: State appropriate manner, parent · What happens: attract, engage, attend · To what, where: attention, parent, conversation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 manner	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 attracting	mark
6	attracting	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 manner	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attention	det
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attracting	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 parent	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attention	nmod
12	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 parent	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 conversation	case
14	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 engaged	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 manner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	attract	gerund	the State appropriate manner not said here	the attention of a parent		vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
2	engage	participle		a parent not said here	in conversation goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in conversation=Goal
3	attend		a parent			nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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

Calling out repeatedly until they respond, in order to be heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 heard	csubj:pass
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Calling	compound:prt
3	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	1 Calling	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 respond	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 respond	nsubj
6	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Calling	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct
8	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	12 heard	advmod
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	12 heard	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 heard	aux:pass
12	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	gerund		repeatedly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respond speech: other	present	they		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	to-infinitive · passive	Calling		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»

Option 2

Pulling their sleeve repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sleeve	nmod:poss
3	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulling	obj
4	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	1 Pulling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund		their sleeve				repeatedly property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Theme

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

Waiting for a pause or resting a hand gently upon their arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	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 Waiting	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 resting	cc
6	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Waiting	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resting	obj
9	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 resting	advmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 arm	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arm	nmod:poss
12	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund						for a pause	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rest	gerund		a hand		their arm		gently property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon arm=Location

Option 4

Standing between the speakers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	between	between	ADP	_	4 speakers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speakers	det
4	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund						between the speakers	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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