Exam question 2 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises correct conduct in respect of a condiment, such as salt or ketchup, beyond one's reach?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: correct conduct, respect, condiment

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 condiment	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 condiment	det
15	condiment	condiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 salt	punct
17	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 salt	case
18	as	as	ADP	_	17 such	fixed
19	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 condiment	appos
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 ketchup	cc
21	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 salt	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 reach	punct
23	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	26 reach	case
24	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 reach	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 one	case
26	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	correct conduct	respect of a condiment	of the following statements; beyond one's reach; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		a condiment			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

One stands up and reaches across the table for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 stands	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 reaches	cc
5	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	conj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reaches	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	One						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reach	present	One not said here			the table		for table	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent across table=Path

Option 2

One takes it from a neighbour's plate quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 plate	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 neighbour	det
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plate	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 neighbour	case
8	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	One	it		a neighbour's plate		quietly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from plate=Initial_Location

Option 3

One waits until everyone has left the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 left	mark
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 left	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 waits	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	One						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	present · perfect	everyone	the table					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One asks for it to be passed instead of reaching across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asks	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	7 passed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 passed	aux:pass
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 asks	advcl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 reaching	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 passed	advcl
11	across	across	ADV	_	10 reaching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	One	for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	to-infinitive · passive	One not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»
3	reach	gerund	One not said here	across property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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