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Test 7 · ★ · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

At a friend's birthday dinner, the host says «Go on, start, it's getting cold!» before everyone is served. What can you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: host, you · What happens: say, go on, start, get, serve, do · To what, where: birthday dinner, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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: At a friend's birthday dinner, the host says «Go on, start, it's getting cold!» before everyone is served.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dinner	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 friend	case
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dinner	compound
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dinner	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 host	det
9	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Go	punct
12	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 says	ccomp
13	on	on	ADV	_	12 Go	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 start	punct
15	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 Go	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 getting	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 getting	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 getting	aux
19	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 says	ccomp
20	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 getting	xcomp
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 cold	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 cold	punct
23	before	before	SCONJ	_	26 served	mark
24	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	26 served	nsubj:pass
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 served	aux:pass
26	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 getting	advcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	the host			a friend's birthday dinner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go on in a quote	infinitive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	start in a quote	infinitive							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	get in a quote	present · progressive	host					cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	serve	present · passive		everyone					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

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 can you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Wait until the food is cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 cold	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cold	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cold	cop
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the food					cold property	tree rules

Option 2

Leave the table

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 table	det
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the table					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme

Option 3

Refuse to eat until everyone is served anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 eat	mark
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 served	mark
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 served	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 served	aux:pass
7	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 eat	advcl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 served	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not eat	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	serve	present · passive		everyone				anyway property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Start eating, because the host said so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Start	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 host	det
6	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Start	parataxis
8	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	you not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	the host						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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