--- title: State the form of address appropriate for an adult until such time a… — Greeting adults and teachers · tree and pragmatics description: State the form of address appropriate for an adult until such time as that adult requests the use of a first name. Exam question 1 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/e1/) [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/) / [Greeting adults and teachers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Greeting adults and teachers State the form of address appropriate for an adult until such time as that adult requests the use of a first name. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult · **What happens:** state, request, form, use · **To what, where:** form, use, address, first name This is exam question 1 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:e1:1 # text = State the form of address appropriate for an adult until such time as that adult requests the use of a first name. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 until until ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 requests request VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the form of address | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent form=Topic | | 2 | **request** | present | that adult | the use of a first name | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent use=Recipient | | 3 | **form** | | | address | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **use** | | | a first name | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=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 {#o1} The word "mate" or "buddy" alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:e1:o1:1 # text = The word "mate" or "buddy" alone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 alone alone ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The adult's first name used alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:e1:o2:1 # text = The adult's first name used alone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | the adult's first name *not said here* | | | | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **name** | | the adult | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Mr, Mrs, Ms or Dr with the surname ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:e1:o3:1 # text = Mr, Mrs, Ms or Dr with the surname 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Mrs Mrs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Ms Ms PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Dr Dr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 surname surname NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The adult's surname used alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:e1:o4:1 # text = The adult's surname used alone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 surname surname NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | the adult's surname | | | | | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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. 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