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# Test 7 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold". What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, dinner · **What happens:** say, go on, start, get, be · **To what, where:** family dinner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:1
# text = At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold".
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Galway	Galway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gran |  |  | a family dinner in Galway |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **start** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present | dinner |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You still must wait for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:o1:1
# text = You still must wait for everyone
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | must | You |  |  |  | still | for everyone | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You must ask everyone's permission

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:o2:1
# text = You must ask everyone's permission
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | You | everyone's permission |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient |
| 2 | **permit** |  | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You must wait for dessert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:o3:1
# text = You must wait for dessert
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dessert	dessert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | must | You |  |  |  |  | for dessert | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You may start, as the host said so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t7:o4:1
# text = You may start, as the host said so
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | may | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the host |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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