--- title: Identify the sentence in which the comma serves to indicate the pers… — Commas: lists, clauses and clarity · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the sentence in which the comma serves to indicate the person being addressed. Exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/e1/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Commas: lists, clauses and clarity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Commas: lists, clauses and clarity Identify the sentence in which the comma serves to indicate the person being addressed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, comma · **What happens:** identify, serve, indicate, address · **To what, where:** sentence, person This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English 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/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e1:1 # text = Identify the sentence in which the comma serves to indicate the person being addressed. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 comma comma NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 indicate indicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 addressed address VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sentence | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | present | the comma | | | the sentence | | | tree rules | | 3 | **indicate** | to-infinitive | the comma *not said here* | the person | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot person=Topic | | 4 | **address** | gerund · passive | | the person *not said here* | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP» | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Let's eat, Grandma! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e1:o1:1 # text = Let's eat, Grandma! 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | Grandma | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Let's eat Grandma! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e1:o2:1 # text = Let's eat Grandma! 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | Grandma | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let's, eat Grandma! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e1:o3:1 # text = Let's, eat Grandma! 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | Grandma | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let's eat Grandma, now! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e1:o4:1 # text = Let's eat Grandma, now! 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 Grandma Grandma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | Grandma | | | now | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Patient | **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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