--- title: Ascertain the proper manner of communicating with a classmate who sp… — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the proper manner of communicating with a classmate who speaks little English. Exam question 4 of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/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/) / [Classroom rules and homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Classroom rules and homework Ascertain the proper manner of communicating with a classmate who speaks little English. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, proper manner, classmate · **What happens:** ascertain, communicate, speak · **To what, where:** proper manner, little English · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the proper manner of communicating with a classmate who speaks little English. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 communicating communicate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proper manner | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic | | 2 | **communicate** | gerund | the proper manner *not said here* | | | | | with a classmate | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with classmate=Co-Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a classmate | little English | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Ignoring him until he learns ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e4:o1:1 # text = Ignoring him until he learns 1 Ignoring ignore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | present | he | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Speaking only through other children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e4:o2:1 # text = Speaking only through other children 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | other children | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shouting the words more loudly and repeating them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e4:o3:1 # text = Shouting the words more loudly and repeating them 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | the words | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **repeat** | gerund | | words *= word* | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Speaking slowly with gestures and pictures, patiently ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e4:o4:1 # text = Speaking slowly with gestures and pictures, patiently 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gestures gesture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | with gestures and pictures; patiently, slowly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with gesture=Co-Agent | **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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