--- title: Given a subject comprising two persons, select the response consiste… — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics description: Given a subject comprising two persons, select the response consistent with the rules of agreement in standard English. Exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/e4/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Verbs: doing words and being words](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Verbs: doing words and being words Given a subject comprising two persons, select the response consistent with the rules of agreement in standard English. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, subject, agreement · **What happens:** give, comprise, select, rule · **To what, where:** subject, two persons, response This is exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language 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/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e4:1 # text = Given a subject comprising two persons, select the response consistent with the rules of agreement in standard English. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 comprising comprise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* | a subject | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **comprise** | gerund | a subject *not said here* | two persons | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Pivot | | 3 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 4 | **rule** | | agreement in standard English | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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} Ali and me goes to the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e4:o1:1 # text = Ali and me goes to the park 1 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Ali | | | the park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ali and I goes to the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e4:o2:1 # text = Ali and I goes to the park 1 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Ali | | | the park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ali and I go to the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e4:o3:1 # text = Ali and I go to the park 1 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Ali | | | the park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Me and Ali goes to the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:e4:o4:1 # text = Me and Ali goes to the park 1 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Me | | | the park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | **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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