--- title: Ascertain the conduct most appropriate upon receipt of feedback whic… — Praise and criticism: giving and takin… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the conduct most appropriate upon receipt of feedback which one has requested. Exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Praise and criticism: giving and takin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback Ascertain the conduct most appropriate upon receipt of feedback which one has requested. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, request, receipt · **To what, where:** conduct, one, feedback This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the conduct most appropriate upon receipt of feedback which one has requested. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 receipt receipt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 feedback feedback NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | | 2 | **request** | present · perfect · passive | | which one | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **receipt** | | | feedback | | | | | nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Solicitation of praise from persons who agree ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e4:o1:1 # text = Solicitation of praise from persons who agree 1 Solicitation solicitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | persons | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **solicit** | | | praise from persons | | | | | nom solicitation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Immediate contradiction of every point raised ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e4:o2:1 # text = Immediate contradiction of every point raised 1 Immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 contradiction contradiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | participle | | Immediate contradiction of every point *not said here* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Refusal to request feedback on any future occasion ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e4:o3:1 # text = Refusal to request feedback on any future occasion 1 Refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 request request VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 feedback feedback NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **request** | to-infinitive | Refusal | feedback | | any future occasion | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent feedback=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Attentive listening, thanks, and later consideration ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback:e4:o4:1 # text = Attentive listening, thanks, and later consideration 1 Attentive attentive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 listening listening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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