--- title: Select the response consistent with established convention in respec… — Commas: lists, clauses and clarity · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with established convention in respect of a fronted adverbial. Exam question 3 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 wa --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Commas: lists, clauses and clarity Select the response consistent with established convention in respect of a fronted adverbial. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, front, respect · **To what, where:** response, fronted adverbial This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with established convention in respect of a fronted adverbial. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 convention convention NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fronted front VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 adverbial adverbial NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **front** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **respect** | | | a fronted adverbial | | | | | nom respect «cognition 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} Later that, day we went home. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e3:o1:1 # text = Later that, day we went home. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | we | | | | day | home, late *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Later that day, we went home. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e3:o2:1 # text = Later that day, we went home. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | we | | | | day | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Later that day we, went home. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e3:o3:1 # text = Later that day we, went home. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | we | | | | day | home, late *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Later, that day we went home. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:e3:o4:1 # text = Later, that day we went home. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | we | | | | day | home, late *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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