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# Exam question 3 · The lunchroom and school trips

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Select the response consistent with established practice upon spilling a drink in the lunchroom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established practice · **What happens:** select, establish, spill · **To what, where:** response, drink, lunchroom

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice upon spilling a drink in the lunchroom.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	spilling	spill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lunchroom	lunchroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **spill** | gerund | established practice *not said here* | a drink |  | the lunchroom |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drink=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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One covers it with a napkin and leaves it for the cleaning staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e3:o1:1
# text = One covers it with a napkin and leaves it for the cleaning staff
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	napkin	napkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | One | it |  |  |  | with a napkin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with napkin=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | One *not said here* | napkin |  |  |  | for the cleaning staff | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for staff=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One leaves it for others to notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e3:o2:1
# text = One leaves it for others to notice
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | One | it |  |  |  | for others | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme for other=Recipient |
| 2 | **notice** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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One tells a supervisor and helps clean it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e3:o3:1
# text = One tells a supervisor and helps clean it
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	supervisor	supervisor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | One | a supervisor |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent supervisor=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | present | One *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **clean** | infinitive | One *not said here* | supervisor |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One blames the nearest pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:e3:o4:1
# text = One blames the nearest pupil
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blames	blame	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present | One | the nearest pupil |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme |

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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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