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title: It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by… — Spoken language: presenting and show-a… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by the audience. Identify the most appropriate course of action. Exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 3 · Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell

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It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by the audience. Identify the most appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** presenter, you · **What happens:** give, be, answer, pose, identify · **To what, where:** It, question, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» 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/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by the audience.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:1
# text = It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by the audience.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	presenter	presenter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	posed	pose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a presenter |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | a presenter *not said here* | a question |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
| 4 | **pose** | participle |  | a question *not said here* |  |  |  | by the audience | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the most appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:2
# text = Identify the most appropriate course of action.
1	Identify	identify	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	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Invent a plausible answer forthwith and proceed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:o1:1
# text = Invent a plausible answer forthwith and proceed
1	Invent	invent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	plausible	plausible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | imperative | you *not said here* | a plausible answer |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Result |
| 2 | **proceed** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Acknowledge it and undertake to find out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:o2:1
# text = Acknowledge it and undertake to find out
1	Acknowledge	acknowledge	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acknowledge** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **undertake** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **find out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Decline to acknowledge the question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:o3:1
# text = Decline to acknowledge the question
1	Decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acknowledge** | to-infinitive |  | the question |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Terminate the presentation at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:e3:o4:1
# text = Terminate the presentation at once
1	Terminate	terminate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	presentation	presentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the presentation |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presentation=Theme |

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