--- title: Ascertain the appropriate conduct upon departure from a party. — Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the appropriate conduct upon departure from a party. Exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/e2/) [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/) / [Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry Ascertain the appropriate conduct upon departure from a party. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, party This is exam question 2 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the appropriate conduct upon departure from a party. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct | | a party | | upon departure | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | 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} Leave quietly so as not to disturb the guests ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e2:o1:1 # text = Leave quietly so as not to disturb the guests 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quietly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **disturb** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the guests | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Find the host and the birthday child and say thank you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e2:o2:1 # text = Find the host and the birthday child and say thank you 1 Find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the host and the birthday child | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Take an extra party bag on the way out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e2:o3:1 # text = Take an extra party bag on the way out 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a extra party bag | | the way | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme on way=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Send a message of thanks the following week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e2:o4:1 # text = Send a message of thanks the following week 1 Send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | a message of thanks | | | week | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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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