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title: State the conduct expected of a host when a visitor departs. — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the conduct expected of a host when a visitor departs. Exam question 4 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Exam question 4 · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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State the conduct expected of a host when a visitor departs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, visitor · **What happens:** state, expect, depart · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e4:1
# text = State the conduct expected of a host when a visitor departs.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **expect** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **depart** | present | a visitor |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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The host shall accompany the visitor to the door and say goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e4:o1:1
# text = The host shall accompany the visitor to the door and say goodbye
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | shall | the host | the visitor |  | the door |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme to door=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the host *not said here* | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The host shall close and lock the door before the visitor has even left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e4:o2:1
# text = The host shall close and lock the door before the visitor has even left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | shall | the host |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **lock** | infinitive | the host *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | present · perfect · passive |  | the visitor |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The host shall remain seated and wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e4:o3:1
# text = The host shall remain seated and wave
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | shall · passive |  | the host |  |  |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |
| 2 | **wave** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The host shall continue their activity in silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:e4:o4:1
# text = The host shall continue their activity in silence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | shall | the host | their activity |  | silence |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent activity=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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