--- title: Which sentence uses the pair of commas to wrap extra information? — Commas: lists, clauses and clarity · tree and pragmatics description: Which sentence uses the pair of commas to wrap extra information? Test 10 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 right. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Commas: lists, clauses and clarity Which sentence uses the pair of commas to wrap extra information? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentence · **What happens:** use, wrap · **To what, where:** pair, extra information This is test 10 of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t10:1 # text = Which sentence uses the pair of commas to wrap extra information? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 commas comma NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wrap wrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | which sentence | the pair of commas | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient | | 2 | **wrap** | to-infinitive | which sentence *not said here* | extra information | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent information=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Mr Lee, our teacher, is tall. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t10:o1:1 # text = Mr Lee, our teacher, is tall. 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mr | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mr, Lee our teacher is tall. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t10:o2:1 # text = Mr, Lee our teacher is tall. 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mr | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mr Lee our, teacher is tall. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t10:o3:1 # text = Mr Lee our, teacher is tall. 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mr our | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mr Lee, our teacher is tall. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t10:o4:1 # text = Mr Lee, our teacher is tall. 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mr | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | **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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