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title: at a friends for tea, food's on the table, dive in? — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb… · tree and pragmatics
description: at a friends for tea, food's on the table, dive in? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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at a friends for tea, food's on the table, dive in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** dive in

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t13:1
# text = at a friends for tea, food's on the table, dive in?
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at a friends for tea and food on the table | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at friend=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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Eat from the dish directly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t13:o1:1
# text = Eat from the dish directly
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the dish |  | directly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from dish=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dive in before it's cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t13:o2:1
# text = Dive in before it's cold
1	Dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Take the biggest piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t13:o3:1
# text = Take the biggest piece
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the biggest piece |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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

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Wait until food is offered or everyone is served

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t13:o4:1
# text = Wait until food is offered or everyone is served
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | present · passive |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **serve** | present · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

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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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