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description: Select the response consistent with established practice for presenting to a class. Exam question 3 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 3 · Questions, group work and the adults at school

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Select the response consistent with established practice for presenting to a class.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established practice · **What happens:** select, establish, present · **To what, where:** response, class

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice for presenting to a class.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	presenting	present	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **present** | gerund | established practice *not said here* |  | a class |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to class=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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One speaks quietly so as not to disturb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e3:o1:1
# text = One speaks quietly so as not to disturb
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	disturb	disturb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present | One |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **disturb** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One reads quickly, looking only at the paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e3:o2:1
# text = One reads quickly, looking only at the paper
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | One |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the paper | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at paper=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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One practises, speaks slowly and loudly, and looks at the audience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e3:o3:1
# text = One practises, speaks slowly and loudly, and looks at the audience
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	practises	practise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look** | present | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the audience | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at audience=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One improvises without any preparation whatsoever, trusting to luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school:e3:o4:1
# text = One improvises without any preparation whatsoever, trusting to luck
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improvises	improvise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	trusting	trust	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improvise** | present | One |  |  |  |  | without any preparation; whatsoever *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **trust** | gerund | One *not said here* | luck |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme |

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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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