Exam question 2 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

Ascertain the appropriate conduct upon departure from a party.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: appropriate conduct, party

This is exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 departure	case
6	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct		a party		upon departure	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

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

Option 1

Leave quietly so as not to disturb the guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 disturb	mark
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 disturb	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 disturb	mark
7	disturb	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guests	det
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 disturb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here					quietly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not disturb	to-infinitive	you not said here	the guests					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Find the host and the birthday child and say thank you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 host	det
3	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 child	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	compound
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 host	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Find	conj
10	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	the host and the birthday child		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	thank speech: thank	present			you	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Take an extra party bag on the way out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
3	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bag	amod
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bag	compound
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a extra party bag		the way			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme on way=Destination

Option 4

Send a message of thanks the following week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 message	det
3	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 thanks	case
5	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 message	nmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 week	det
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	a message of thanks			week		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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