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title: A family from Ireland is on holiday in New York. What should they kn… — Good manners and safety in town: shops… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family from Ireland is on holiday in New York. What should they know about restaurants? Test 2 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 2 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

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A family from Ireland is on holiday in New York. What should they know about restaurants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, they · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** holiday

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This is test 2 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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/311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family from Ireland is on holiday in New York.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:1
# text = A family from Ireland is on holiday in New York.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a family from Ireland |  |  | holiday |  | in New York | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should they know about restaurants?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:2
# text = What should they know about restaurants?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | they |  |  |  |  | about restaurants | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tips are only given if the food is cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:o1:1
# text = Tips are only given if the food is cold
1	Tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | Tips |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the food |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The waiter pays the bill for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:o2:1
# text = The waiter pays the bill for them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | the waiter | the bill |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bill=Asset for they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Waiters usually get a tip of about 15 to 20 percent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:o3:1
# text = Waiters usually get a tip of about 15 to 20 percent
1	Waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Waiters | a tip of 15 percent |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tip=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tips are not allowed in the USA, because waiters already earn a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t2:o4:1
# text = Tips are not allowed in the USA, because waiters already earn a lot
1	Tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	waiters	waiter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	already	already	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Tips |  | the USA |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **earn** | present | waiters | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

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