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title: Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table… — Excuse me, and good manners at the table · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table before others have finished. Exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

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Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table before others have finished.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, one, others · **What happens:** identify, wish, leave, finish · **To what, where:** appropriate request, table · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:e1:1
# text = Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table before others have finished.
1	Identify	identify	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	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate request |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent request=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the table |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
| 4 | **finish** | present · perfect | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"I'm finished, see you later."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:e1:o1:1
# text = "I'm finished, see you later."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	finished	finished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | finished *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | you |  |  |  | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Excuse me" said after one has gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:e1:o2:1
# text = "Excuse me" said after one has gone
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Excuse	excuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excuse** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | present · perfect | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Can everyone hurry up, please?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:e1:o3:1
# text = "Can everyone hurry up, please?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry up** *in a quote* | can | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"May I please be excused?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:e1:o4:1
# text = "May I please be excused?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	May	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	excused	excuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excuse** *in a quote* | may · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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