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title: State the appropriate manner of attracting the attention of a parent… — Visiting, thanking for presents, waiti… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the appropriate manner of attracting the attention of a parent engaged in conversation. Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

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State the appropriate manner of attracting the attention of a parent engaged in conversation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State appropriate manner, parent · **What happens:** attract, engage, attend · **To what, where:** attention, parent, conversation

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e4:1
# text = State the appropriate manner of attracting the attention of a parent engaged in conversation.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	attracting	attract	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | gerund | the State appropriate manner *not said here* | the attention of a parent |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient |
| 2 | **engage** | participle |  | a parent *not said here* |  |  |  | in conversation *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in conversation=Goal |
| 3 | **attend** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Calling out repeatedly until they respond, in order to be heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e4:o1:1
# text = Calling out repeatedly until they respond, in order to be heard
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj:pass	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	respond	respond	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADV	12	advmod	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | Calling |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pulling their sleeve repeatedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e4:o2:1
# text = Pulling their sleeve repeatedly
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | their sleeve |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Theme |

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

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Waiting for a pause or resting a hand gently upon their arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e4:o3:1
# text = Waiting for a pause or resting a hand gently upon their arm
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a pause | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | gerund |  | a hand |  | their arm |  | gently *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon arm=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Standing between the speakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:e4:o4:1
# text = Standing between the speakers
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	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** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | between the speakers | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between speaker=Location |

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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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