--- title: Why do we greet the school cleaner as kindly as the principal, the h… — Greeting adults and teachers · tree and pragmatics description: Why do we greet the school cleaner as kindly as the principal, the head teacher? Test 3 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'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/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Greeting adults and teachers Why do we greet the school cleaner as kindly as the principal, the head teacher? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** greet · **To what, where:** school cleaner This is test 3 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t3:1 # text = Why do we greet the school cleaner as kindly as the principal, the head teacher? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present · do-support | we | the school cleaner | | | | as the principal and the head teacher; kindly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cleaner=Theme as principal=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Because the cleaner can give us detentions ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t3:o1:1 # text = Because the cleaner can give us detentions 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 detentions detention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | the cleaner | detentions | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient detention=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Every worker deserves the same respect, whatever the job ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t3:o2:1 # text = Every worker deserves the same respect, whatever the job 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** | present | every worker | the same respect | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Because cleaners are always older than principals and need more care ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t3:o3:1 # text = Because cleaners are always older than principals and need more care 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 cleaners cleaner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 principals principal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | cleaners | | | | | than principals; always, old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | cleaners *not said here* | more care | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the principal does not like greetings ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t3:o4:1 # text = Because the principal does not like greetings 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | the principal | greetings | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot greeting=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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