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title: It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whil… — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking. Select the response consistent with courtesy. Exam question 3 of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

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It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking. Select the response consistent with courtesy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, parent, you · **What happens:** give, wish, attract, speak, attend, select · **To what, where:** It, attention, response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child wishes to attract a parent's attention whilst the parent is speaking.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **wish** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **attract** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | a parent's attention |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · progressive | the parent |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **attend** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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:* Select the response consistent with courtesy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with courtesy.
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	_	6	case	_	_
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 |

## The options {#options}

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

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Wait for a pause or rest a hand gently upon the arm and wait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:o1:1
# text = Wait for a pause or rest a hand gently upon the arm and wait
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a pause | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a hand |  | the arm |  | gently *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon arm=Location |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pull repeatedly upon the parent's sleeve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:o2:1
# text = Pull repeatedly upon the parent's sleeve
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the parent's sleeve; repeatedly *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Speak louder and louder than the parent until one is heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:o3:1
# text = Speak louder and louder than the parent until one is heard
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | present · passive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stand directly between the speakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:e3:o4:1
# text = Stand directly between the speakers
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between the speakers; directly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between speaker=Location |

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