---
title: In respect of restaurants in the United States, state the customary… — Shops, restaurants and libraries · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of restaurants in the United States, state the customary gratuity. Exam question 3 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Shops, restaurants and libraries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Shops, restaurants and libraries

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In respect of restaurants in the United States, state the customary gratuity.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** respect · **To what, where:** restaurants

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e3:1
# text = In respect of restaurants in the United States, state the customary gratuity.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gratuity	gratuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** |  |  | restaurants in the United States |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately one half of the bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e3:o1:1
# text = Approximately one half of the bill
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No gratuity whatsoever is customary in that country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e3:o2:1
# text = No gratuity whatsoever is customary in that country
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	gratuity	gratuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no gratuity whatsoever | customary |  | that country |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately one to two per cent of the bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e3:o3:1
# text = Approximately one to two per cent of the bill
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately fifteen to twenty per cent of the bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e3:o4:1
# text = Approximately fifteen to twenty per cent of the bill
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Shops, restaurants and libraries, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/e2/)
- next →: [Shops, restaurants and libraries, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Shops, restaurants and libraries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/)