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title: At a café, the waiter asks a wheelchair user's friend «What would sh… — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: At a café, the waiter asks a wheelchair user's friend «What would she like?». What would have been better? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 4 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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At a café, the waiter asks a wheelchair user's friend «What would she like?». What would have been better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** waiter, friend · **What happens:** ask, like, be · **To what, where:** friend, café · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At a café, the waiter asks a wheelchair user's friend «What would she like?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:1
# text = At a café, the waiter asks a wheelchair user's friend «What would she like?».
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the waiter |  | a wheelchair user's friend | a café |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **like** *in a quote* | would | friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 would have been better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:2
# text = What would have been better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Choosing something for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:o1:1
# text = Choosing something for her
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund |  | something |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent something=Theme for she=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bringing the menu to the friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:o2:1
# text = Bringing the menu to the friend
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  | the menu | the friend |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent menu=Theme to friend=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Asking the friend again, more loudly and slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:o3:1
# text = Asking the friend again, more loudly and slowly
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | the friend |  | again | loudly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |

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

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Asking the wheelchair user herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t4:o4:1
# text = Asking the wheelchair user herself
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the wheelchair user |  |  |  | herself *= she* *obl* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent user=Recipient |

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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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