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description: It is given that a stranger's attention, such as that of a shop assistant, is required. Select the opening consistent with courtesy. Exam question 3 of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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It is given that a stranger's attention, such as that of a shop assistant, is required. Select the opening consistent with courtesy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stranger, you · **What happens:** give, require, attend, select · **To what, where:** It, attention, opening

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a stranger's attention, such as that of a shop assistant, is required.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:1
# text = It is given that a stranger's attention, such as that of a shop assistant, is required.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	assistant	assistant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  | a stranger's attention |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 3 | **attend** |  | a stranger |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Select the opening consistent with courtesy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:2
# text = Select the opening consistent with courtesy.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 opening |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Waiting silently until noticed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:o1:1
# text = Waiting silently until noticed
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	silently	silently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | silently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **notice** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«Excuse me»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:o2:1
# text = «Excuse me»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Excuse	excuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excuse** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Oi, you there»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:o3:1
# text = «Oi, you there»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tap upon the back without speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e3:o4:1
# text = A tap upon the back without speaking
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a tap upon the back *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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