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title: my cousin says at a restaurant a lady was rude to the waiter and "go… — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says at a restaurant a lady was rude to the waiter and "got banned from the whole town". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ 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
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# Test 19 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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my cousin says at a restaurant a lady was rude to the waiter and "got banned from the whole town". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, lady · **What happens:** say, be, ban, exaggerate · **To what, where:** restaurant, whole town, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t19:1
# text = my cousin says at a restaurant a lady was rude to the waiter and "got banned from the whole town". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | a lady |  |  | a restaurant |  | to the waiter; rude *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ban** *in a quote* | past · passive | a lady *not said here* |  |  | the whole town |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: from town=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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That rudeness can hurt people's feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t19:o1:1
# text = That rudeness can hurt people's feelings
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | that rudeness | people's feelings |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient |

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

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The town ban; but rudeness to workers does hurt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t19:o2:1
# text = The town ban; but rudeness to workers does hurt them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · do-support | the town ban but rudeness to workers | workers *= worker* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That restaurants have waiters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t19:o3:1
# text = That restaurants have waiters
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that restaurants | waiters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waiter=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That waiters bring food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t19:o4:1
# text = That waiters bring food
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | that waiters | food |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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