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title: It being given that a child must speak whilst others converse and no… — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a child must speak whilst others converse and no emergency exists, select the appropriate conduct. Exam question 2 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 2 · Manners and kindness

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It being given that a child must speak whilst others converse and no emergency exists, select the appropriate conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, emergency · **What happens:** give, speak, exist, select · **To what, where:** It, appropriate conduct · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e2:1
# text = It being given that a child must speak whilst others converse and no emergency exists, select the appropriate conduct.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	converse	converse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | must | a child |  |  |  |  | converse *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **exist** | present | no emergency |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive | no emergency *not said here* | the appropriate conduct |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To speak loudly over the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e2:o1:1
# text = To speak loudly over the others
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To tug at an adult's sleeve repeatedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e2:o2:1
# text = To tug at an adult's sleeve repeatedly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tug	tug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tug** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at a adult's sleeve; repeatedly *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at sleeve=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To await a pause and say «excuse me»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e2:o3:1
# text = To await a pause and say «excuse me»
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	await	await	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	excuse	excuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | to-infinitive |  | a pause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **excuse** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To leave the room without a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e2:o4:1
# text = To leave the room without a word
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the room |  |  |  | without a word | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

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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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