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# Test 18 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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apparently that boy grabbed the last slice of pizza at the party without asking and now nobody invites him anywhere ever. what's probably exaggerated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, nobody · **What happens:** grab, ask, invite, exaggerate, slice · **To what, where:** last slice, party, boy, pizza

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t18:1
# text = apparently that boy grabbed the last slice of pizza at the party without asking and now nobody invites him anywhere ever. what's probably exaggerated?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	18	nsubj	_	_
18	invites	invite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
21	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | that boy | the last slice of pizza |  | the party |  | apparently *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | that boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **invite** | present | nobody |  | boy |  | now; ever | anywhere *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **slice** |  |  | pizza |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nobody ever; but rudeness can cost invitations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t18:o1:1
# text = Nobody ever; but rudeness can cost invitations
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | can | rudeness | invitations |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme invitation=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That rudeness bothers people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t18:o2:1
# text = That rudeness bothers people
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bothers	bother	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | present | that rudeness | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That asking first is polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t18:o3:1
# text = That asking first is polite
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | That |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | asking |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he took the last slice without asking anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t18:o4:1
# text = That he took the last slice without asking anybody
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | That | the last slice |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | That *not said here* |  | anybody |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anybody=Recipient |

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