--- title: Ascertain the manner most helpful when addressing a person who wears… — Growing, seeing and hearing · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the manner most helpful when addressing a person who wears a hearing aid. Exam question 4 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» of the everyday 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/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Growing, seeing and hearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Growing, seeing and hearing Ascertain the manner most helpful when addressing a person who wears a hearing aid. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** ascertain, address, wear · **To what, where:** person, hearing aid This is exam question 4 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» of the everyday 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/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the manner most helpful when addressing a person who wears a hearing aid. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 helpful helpful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **address** | gerund | you *not said here* | | a person | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Destination | | 3 | **wear** | present | a person | a hearing aid | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent aid=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Facing the person and speaking clearly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e4:o1:1 # text = Facing the person and speaking clearly 1 Facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | gerund | | | the person | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Destination | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | clearly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Speaking from behind the person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e4:o2:1 # text = Speaking from behind the person 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | from the person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shouting directly into the ear fitted with the aid ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e4:o3:1 # text = Shouting directly into the ear fitted with the aid 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 directly directly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | the ear | | directly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into ear=Recipient | | 2 | **fit** | participle | Shouting | | | | | with the aid | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Whispering so as not to be too loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:e4:o4:1 # text = Whispering so as not to be too loud 1 Whispering whisper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | loud *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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