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# Exam question 3 · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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Select the response consistent with established practice concerning the last piece of food upon a shared plate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established practice · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, share · **To what, where:** response, last piece

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and 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/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice concerning the last piece of food upon a shared plate.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | established practice *not said here* | the last piece of food |  |  |  | upon a shared plate | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=Experiencer |
| 4 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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One takes it promptly, before any other person is able to do so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:e3:o1:1
# text = One takes it promptly, before any other person is able to do so
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	promptly	promptly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | One | it |  |  |  | promptly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | any other person |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | any other person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One leaves it untouched in all cases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:e3:o2:1
# text = One leaves it untouched in all cases
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	untouched	untouched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | One | it |  | all cases |  | untouched *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in case=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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One asks whether any other person would like it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:e3:o3:1
# text = One asks whether any other person would like it first
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **like** | would | any other person | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One divides it without asking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:e3:o4:1
# text = One divides it without asking
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	divides	divide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | present | One | it |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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