Exam question 4 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

Whereas a shared dish has been placed upon the table, select the response consistent with established manners.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: share, place, select, establish · To what, where: shared dish, table, response

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 placed	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dish	det
3	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dish	amod
4	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 placed	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 placed	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 placed	aux:pass
7	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 select	advcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 placed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 placed	punct
12	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 response	det
14	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 response	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 manners	case
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 manners	amod
18	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	15 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	share	participle				tree rules
2	place	present · perfect · passive		a shared dish	the table	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon table=Destination
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Wait until the host has eaten the whole dish first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 eaten	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dish	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dish	amod
9	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 eaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	present · perfect · passive		the host				first property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Use the serving spoon, take a fair share, offer the last piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spoon	det
3	serving	serving	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoon	compound
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 share	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 share	amod
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 offer	punct
11	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 piece	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 piece	amod
14	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the serving spoon	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoon=Patient
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	a fair share	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme
3	offer	infinitive	you not said here	the last piece	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

Option 3

Take the last piece first before others can claim it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 piece	det
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piece	amod
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Take	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 claim	mark
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 claim	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 claim	aux
9	claim	claim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 claim	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the last piece				first property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	claim speech: other	can	others	piece					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Use one's own fork and take as much as one wishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fork	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 one	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fork	amod
5	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 take	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 wishes	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 wishes	nummod
12	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	one's own fork					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fork=Patient
2	take	present	you not said here	much				as one wishes	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent much=Theme as wish=Attribute

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