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Test 8 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

A boy has never used chopsticks and keeps dropping food. What is fine to do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: have, not use, keep, drop, be, do · To what, where: used chopsticks, food

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: A boy has never used chopsticks and keeps dropping food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 used	advmod
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chopsticks	amod
6	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keeps	cc
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj
9	dropping	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropping	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a boy	used chopsticks					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chopstick=Patient
2	not use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	present	a boy not said here						tree rules
4	drop	gerund	a boy not said here	food					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What is fine to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Leave the food on his plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 food	det
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 plate	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plate	nmod:poss
6	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the food		his plate			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Theme on plate=Location

Option 2

Eat with his fingers instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 fingers	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fingers	nmod:poss
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eat	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here					with his fingers; instead property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask politely for a fork

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 fork	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fork	det
5	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for a fork; politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Stand the chopsticks in his rice and stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chopsticks	det
3	chopsticks	chopstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stand	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 rice	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rice	nmod:poss
6	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stop	cc
8	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here	the chopsticks		his rice			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chopstick=Theme in rice=Destination
2	stop	infinitive	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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