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title: Why would a waiter in New York be unhappy if a family left no tip? — Shops, restaurants and libraries · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would a waiter in New York be unhappy if a family left no tip? Test 5 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

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Why would a waiter in New York be unhappy if a family left no tip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** waiter, family · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** tip

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t5:1
# text = Why would a waiter in New York be unhappy if a family left no tip?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | a waiter in New York |  |  |  |  | unhappy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a family | no tip |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tips are part of the waiter's pay there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t5:o1:1
# text = Tips are part of the waiter's pay there
1	Tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Tips | part |  | there |  | of the waiter's pay | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** |  | the waiter |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Waiters get paid only by the cook in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t5:o2:1
# text = Waiters get paid only by the cook in the kitchen
1	Waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the cook | Waiters |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The family has broken a law and will be fined by the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t5:o3:1
# text = The family has broken a law and will be fined by the police
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	fined	fine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · perfect | the family | a law |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |
| 2 | **fine** | future · passive | the police |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The food would have to be paid for again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t5:o4:1
# text = The food would have to be paid for again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | the food |  |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay for** | to-infinitive · passive | the food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

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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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