Exam question 3 · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

Which of the following constitutes a courteous refusal of food one does not like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: courteous refusal · What happens: follow, constitute, not like, refuse · To what, where: food

This is exam question 3 of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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	5 constitutes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 refusal	det
7	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 refusal	amod
8	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 like	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refusal	nmod
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 food	flat
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 like	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 like	advmod
14	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 constitutes	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present			tree rules
3	not like	present · do-support	a courteous refusal of food		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	refuse			food	nom refusal «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

"No, thank you."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 thank	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

"I hate that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 hate	nsubj
3	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 hate	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate in a quote	present	I	that					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

Option 3

"That looks awful."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looks	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look in a quote	present	That					awful property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

"Take it away now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
2	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Take	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 Take	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Take	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it			now	away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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