--- title: Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal re… — How to say stop · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal request to desist has been disregarded. Exam question 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [How to say stop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · How to say stop Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal request to desist has been disregarded. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, prescribe, desist, disregard · **To what, where:** course, action, verbal request This is exam question 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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/388-how-to-say-stop/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:e1:1 # text = Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal request to desist has been disregarded. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 prescribed prescribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 verbal verbal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 desist desist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 disregarded disregard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 2 | **prescribe** | participle | | action *not said here* | | | | for a pupil | tree rules | | 3 | **desist** | to-infinitive | | verbal request *not said here* | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **disregard** | present · perfect · passive | | verbal request | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} Continued toleration of the conduct in silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:e1:o1:1 # text = Continued toleration of the conduct in silence 1 Continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 toleration toleration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Physical retaliation proportionate to the provocation received ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:e1:o2:1 # text = Physical retaliation proportionate to the provocation received 1 Physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 retaliation retaliation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 proportionate proportionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 provocation provocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | Physical retaliation | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Repetition of the request in a whisper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:e1:o3:1 # text = Repetition of the request in a whisper 1 Repetition repetition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | | the request | | | a whisper | | | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent in=place | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Withdrawal from the situation and notification of a responsible adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:e1:o4:1 # text = Withdrawal from the situation and notification of a responsible adult 1 Withdrawal withdrawal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 notification notification NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notify** | | | a responsible adult | | | | | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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