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title: in a café you hear "they've been dating since uni, and he still hasn… — Good manners and safety in town: shops… · tree and pragmatics
description: in a café you hear "they've been dating since uni, and he still hasn't popped the question!" what's the question? Test 21 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 
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# Test 21 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

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in a café you hear "they've been dating since uni, and he still hasn't popped the question!" what's the question?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, they, he · **What happens:** hear, date, not pop, be · **To what, where:** café, question · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 21 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/#t21).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t21:1
# text = in a café you hear "they've been dating since uni, and he still hasn't popped the question!" what's the question?
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux	_	_
10	dating	date	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	uni	uni	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	popped	pop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	csubj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | you |  |  | a café |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **date** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | they |  |  |  | since uni |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **pop** *in a quote* | present · perfect | he | the question |  |  | still |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Patient |
| 4 | **be** *speech: other* | present |  | the question |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Asking her to marry him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t21:o1:1
# text = Asking her to marry him
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Asking for the bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t21:o2:1
# text = Asking for the bill
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the bill | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asking for a job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t21:o3:1
# text = Asking for a job
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a job | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asking what day it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t21:o4:1
# text = Asking what day it is
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
5	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | it |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **day** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | Asking |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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