Exam question 4 · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

State the conduct expected of a host when a visitor departs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, visitor · What happens: state, expect, depart · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 host	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 host	det
7	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	obl:agent
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 departs	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 visitor	det
10	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 departs	nsubj
11	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 host	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	expect	participle		the conduct not said here	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	depart	present	a visitor		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The host shall accompany the visitor to the door and say goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	aux
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 visitor	det
6	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 say	cc
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 accompany	conj
12	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	shall	the host	the visitor		the door			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme to door=Destination
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	the host not said here	goodbye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic

Option 2

The host shall close and lock the door before the visitor has even left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 close	aux
4	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lock	cc
6	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 close	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lock	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 left	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 visitor	det
11	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 left	aux
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 left	advmod
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lock	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	close	shall	the host		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	lock	infinitive	the host not said here	the door	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	leave	present · perfect · passive		the visitor	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The host shall remain seated and wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seated	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seated	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seated	aux:pass
5	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wave	cc
7	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	shall · passive		the host					vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2	wave	present							vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The host shall continue their activity in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 host	det
2	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continue	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 continue	aux
4	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 activity	nmod:poss
6	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continue	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 silence	case
8	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	shall	the host	their activity		silence			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent activity=Theme

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