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# Exam question 1 · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner of addressing a person who uses a wheelchair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** manner, person · **What happens:** follow, characteris, address, use · **To what, where:** manner, person, wheelchair

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» 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/298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner of addressing a person who uses a wheelchair?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	addressing	address	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **characteris** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **address** | gerund | the manner *not said here* |  | a person |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Destination |
| 4 | **use** | present | a person | a wheelchair |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheelchair=Patient |

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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 avoids speaking to them altogether

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:e1:o1:1
# text = One avoids speaking to them altogether
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | One *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  | altogether *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One speaks only to their companion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:e1:o2:1
# text = One speaks only to their companion
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | One |  |  |  |  | to their companion | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to companion=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One speaks loudly and slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:e1:o3:1
# text = One speaks loudly and slowly
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	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | One |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One speaks to the person directly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:e1:o4:1
# text = One speaks to the person directly
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | One |  |  |  |  | to the person; directly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent |

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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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