Exam question 1 · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate time at which to commence eating at a shared table?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, commence, eat, share · To what, where: shared table

This is exam question 1 of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 commence	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 commence	mark
15	commence	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 time	acl:relcl
16	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 commence	xcomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 table	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 table	det
19	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 table	amod
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eating	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		time	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	commence	to-infinitive		at the appropriate time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	eat	gerund	a shared table			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	share	participle				tree rules

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

When one has finished one's drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 finished	advmod
2	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	aux
4	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	present · perfect	one	one's drink					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality drink=Eventuality

Option 2

Once one's own plate has cooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	5 plate	mark
2	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 plate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 one	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plate	amod
5	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooled	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cooled	aux
7	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present · perfect · passive		one's own plate					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

When all are seated and served, unless the host invites one to begin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 seated	mark
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 seated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seated	aux:pass
4	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 invites	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 served	cc
6	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 seated	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 invites	punct
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	11 invites	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 host	det
10	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invites	nsubj
11	invites	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 invites	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 begin	mark
14	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 one	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	seat	present · passive		all	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2	serve	participle			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	invite	present	the host	one	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
4	begin	to-infinitive	the host not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Immediately upon one's own plate being served, so the food stays warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	_	8 served	advmod
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 plate	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 plate	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plate	amod
6	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 served	obl
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 served	aux:pass
8	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stays	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 stays	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 food	det
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stays	nsubj
13	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 served	conj
14	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	gerund · passive						upon one's own plate; immediately property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»
2	stay	present	the food					warm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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