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# Test 3 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

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Which is a good way to get your dad's attention while he is on an important call?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, dad · **What happens:** be, get, attend · **To what, where:** good way, attention, important call

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:t3:1
# text = Which is a good way to get your dad's attention while he is on an important call?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | your dad's attention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  | a important call |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **attend** |  | your dad |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Wait quietly with a hand gently on his arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:t3:o1:1
# text = Wait quietly with a hand gently on his arm
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | his arm |  | with a hand; gently, quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on arm=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take the phone from him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:t3:o2:1
# text = Take the phone from him
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone |  |  |  | from him *= he* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent phone=Theme from he=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Turn up the TV so he notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:t3:o3:1
# text = Turn up the TV so he notices
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the TV |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tv=Theme |
| 2 | **notice** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep saying «Dad, Dad, Dad» until he gives up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:324-visiting-thank-you-notes-interrupting-quiet-places-compliments-and-differences:t3:o4:1
# text = Keep saying «Dad, Dad, Dad» until he gives up
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | Dad |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dad=Topic |
| 3 | **give up** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=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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