--- title: Ascertain the most appropriate response to feedback received from a… — Editing and redrafting · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the most appropriate response to feedback received from a classmate. Exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Editing and redrafting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Editing and redrafting Ascertain the most appropriate response to feedback received from a classmate. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, appropriate response · **What happens:** ascertain, receive · **To what, where:** appropriate response, classmate This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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/43-editing-and-redrafting/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the most appropriate response to feedback received from a classmate. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 feedback feedback NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic | | 2 | **receive** | past | the appropriate response *not said here* | | | a classmate | | to feedback | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from classmate=Source | 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} Copy the classmate's work in its entirety ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e4:o1:1 # text = Copy the classmate's work in its entirety 1 Copy copy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 entirety entirety NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classmate's work | | work's entirety | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent work=Theme in entirety=Destination | | 2 | **work** | | the classmate | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Request that the classmate cease reading ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e4:o2:1 # text = Request that the classmate cease reading 1 Request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cease cease NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reading** | | Request | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Consider it carefully and use what improves the work ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e4:o3:1 # text = Consider it carefully and use what improves the work 1 Consider consider VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 improves improve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | carefully *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **improve** | present | | the work | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent work=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Reject it immediately in all circumstances ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e4:o4:1 # text = Reject it immediately in all circumstances 1 Reject reject VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reject** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | all circumstances | | immediately *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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