Exam question 1 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table before others have finished.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, one, others · What happens: identify, wish, leave, finish · To what, where: appropriate request, table · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 request	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 request	amod
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 wishes	mark
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wishes	nsubj
7	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wishes	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 finished	mark
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 finished	nsubj
14	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 finished	aux
15	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 leave	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate request	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent request=Theme
2	wish	present	one		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive		the table	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
4	finish	present · perfect	others		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 · ← Mova's choice

"I'm finished, see you later."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 finished	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	cop
4	finished	finished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	parataxis
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 see	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 finished	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 finished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					finished property	tree rules
2	see in a quote	infinitive		you				late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2

"Excuse me" said after one has gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Excuse	punct
2	Excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Excuse	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Excuse	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 gone	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 gone	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gone	aux
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	excuse in a quote	infinitive		me	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	present · perfect	one		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

"Can everyone hurry up, please?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 hurry	punct
2	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurry	aux
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 hurry	nsubj
4	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hurry	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hurry	punct
7	please	please	INTJ	_	4 hurry	discourse
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hurry	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 hurry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry up in a quote	can	everyone						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"May I please be excused?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 excused	punct
2	May	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 excused	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 excused	nsubj
4	please	please	INTJ	_	6 excused	discourse
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 excused	aux:pass
6	excused	excuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 excused	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 excused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excuse in a quote	may · passive		I					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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