--- title: Why do we wait before taking the last biscuit on the plate? — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do we wait before taking the last biscuit on the plate? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table Why do we wait before taking the last biscuit on the plate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** wait, take · **To what, where:** last biscuit, plate This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t9:1 # text = Why do we wait before taking the last biscuit on the plate? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 biscuit biscuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present · do-support | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | gerund | we *not said here* | the last biscuit | | the plate | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme on plate=Destination | 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} It is the smallest one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t9:o1:1 # text = It is the smallest one 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the smallest one | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The last one is always kept for the host to eat later ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t9:o2:1 # text = The last one is always kept for the host to eat later 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · passive | | the last one | | | | for the host; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | late *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Someone else may want it, and sharing is kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t9:o3:1 # text = Someone else may want it, and sharing is kind 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 2 else else ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 sharing sharing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | may | Someone | it | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | sharing | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Last biscuits are bad luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t9:o4:1 # text = Last biscuits are bad luck 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 biscuits biscuit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Last biscuits | bad luck | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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