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# Exam question 1 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during a service in a place of worship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, require · **To what, where:** conduct, place

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden 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/324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during a service in a place of worship?
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 conduct |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  | a place of worship | during a service |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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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Moving about freely in order to explore the building during the prayers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e1:o1:1
# text = Moving about freely in order to explore the building during the prayers
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	fixed	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	explore	explore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move about** | gerund |  |  |  |  | during the prayers | freely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **explore** | to-infinitive |  | the building |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent building=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Photographing the ceremony at will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e1:o2:1
# text = Photographing the ceremony at will
1	Photographing	photograph	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **photograph** | gerund |  | the ceremony |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Speaking normally to companions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e1:o3:1
# text = Speaking normally to companions
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Sitting quietly and taking no photographs unless permitted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e1:o4:1
# text = Sitting quietly and taking no photographs unless permitted
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  | no photographs |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme |
| 3 | **permit** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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