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# Test 18 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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did u hear a boy laughed with his mouth full at dinner and "choked so bad his dad had to do the thing on him". lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, boy, dad · **What happens:** hear, laugh, choke, have, do · **To what, where:** lesson, thing

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t18:1
# text = did u hear a boy laughed with his mouth full at dinner and "choked so bad his dad had to do the thing on him". lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	choked	choke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | a boy |  |  |  |  | with boy's mouth | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **choke** *in a quote* | past | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | boy's dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | boy's dad *not said here* | the thing |  |  |  | on boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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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Choking only happens with big bites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t18:o1:1
# text = Choking only happens with big bites
1	Choking	choke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choke** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with big bites | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't talk or laugh with food in your mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t18:o2:1
# text = Don't talk or laugh with food in your mouth
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with food; in your mouth | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mouth=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only laugh at dinner if you can chew really fast first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t18:o3:1
# text = Only laugh at dinner if you can chew really fast first
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | dinner |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chew** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you |  |  |  |  | fast, first *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drink water while laughing to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t18:o4:1
# text = Drink water while laughing to be safe
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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