--- title: Why is it polite to ask before picking a neighbour's flowers? — Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it polite to ask before picking a neighbour's flowers? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling Why is it polite to ask before picking a neighbour's flowers? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, ask, pick · **To what, where:** flowers This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t7:1 # text = Why is it polite to ask before picking a neighbour's flowers? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pick** | gerund | | a neighbour's flowers | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The garden and its flowers belong to someone else ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t7:o1:1 # text = The garden and its flowers belong to someone else 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | present | the garden and its flowers | | | | | to someone | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Flowers die if they are not picked ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t7:o2:1 # text = Flowers die if they are not picked 1 Flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | Flowers | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **pick** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | Flowers *= flower* | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Neighbours like being woken up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t7:o3:1 # text = Neighbours like being woken up 1 Neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 like like SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 woken wake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | gerund · passive | | Neighbours | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Asking makes flowers grow faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t7:o4:1 # text = Asking makes flowers grow faster 1 Asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | flowers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | infinitive | flowers *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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