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Exam question 3 · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

It is given that a person dines at another's table. Select the response consistent with courtesy.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, dine, select · To what, where: It, table, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a person dines at another's table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 dines	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dines	nsubj
7	dines	dine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 table	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 table	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 another	case
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dines	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dine	present	a person			another's table			vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Select the response consistent with courtesy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 courtesy	case
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1

Eating before the host is seated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seated	csubj:pass
2	before	before	ADP	_	4 host	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 host	det
4	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seated	aux:pass
6	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund					before the host		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	seat	present · passive	Eating						vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Waiting until food is offered or asking politely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 offered	mark
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offered	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 offered	aux:pass
5	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Waiting	advcl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 asking	cc
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Waiting	conj
8	politely	politely	ADV	_	7 asking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	offer	present · passive		food					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	gerund						politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Taking the last piece without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	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 Taking	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Taking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	gerund		the last piece					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Reaching across the table to take food as soon as one is hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 hungry	csubj
2	across	across	ADP	_	4 table	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reaching	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Reaching	advcl
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 soon	advmod
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 take	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 one	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 take	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hungry	cop
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	gerund				the table			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent across table=Path
2	take	to-infinitive		food				as one; soon property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent food=Theme as one=Attribute
3	is	present	Reaching					hungry property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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