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# Exam question 2 · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

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Which of the following constitutes the appropriate manner of speaking while a parent converses with another person?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** appropriate manner · **What happens:** follow, constitute, speak · **To what, where:** appropriate manner, parent converses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate manner of speaking while a parent converses with another person?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	converses	converse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present |  | the appropriate manner |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme manner=Pivot |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the appropriate manner *not said here* | parent converses |  |  |  | with another person | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To await a pause or place a hand gently on his arm and wait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:e2:o1:1
# text = To await a pause or place a hand gently on his arm and wait
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | to-infinitive |  | a pause or place |  | his arm |  | a hand *obl:unmarked*; gently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To pull at his clothing repeatedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:e2:o2:1
# text = To pull at his clothing repeatedly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at his clothing; repeatedly *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at clothing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To interrupt at once with one's news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:e2:o3:1
# text = To interrupt at once with one's news
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interrupt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with one's news | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To speak loudly until noticed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting:e2:o4:1
# text = To speak loudly until noticed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **notice** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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