Exam question 2 · Manners and kindness

It being given that a child must speak whilst others converse and no emergency exists, select the appropriate conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, emergency · What happens: give, speak, exist, select · To what, where: It, appropriate conduct · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 speak	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speak	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 speak	aux
8	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	11 converse	mark
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 converse	nsubj
11	converse	converse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speak	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 exists	cc
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 emergency	det
14	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exists	nsubj
15	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 converse	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 exists	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 conduct	det
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 conduct	amod
20	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	speak speech: other	must	a child		converse property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	exist	present	no emergency			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	select	infinitive	no emergency not said here	the appropriate conduct		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme

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

To speak loudly over the others

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	over	over	ADP	_	6 others	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 others	det
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				the others		loudly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To tug at an adult's sleeve repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tug	mark
2	tug	tug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 sleeve	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleeve	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 adult	case
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tug	obl
8	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 tug	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tug	to-infinitive						at a adult's sleeve; repeatedly property	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at sleeve=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To await a pause and say «excuse me»

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 await	conj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 excuse	punct
8	excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 excuse	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 excuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	await	to-infinitive	a pause	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	infinitive		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	excuse in a quote	infinitive	me	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Option 4

To leave the room without a word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		the room				without a word	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

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