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title: State the effect of rudeness upon others' willingness to help. — Manners: greeting every worker, handsh… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the effect of rudeness upon others' willingness to help. Exam question 4 of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 4 · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

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State the effect of rudeness upon others' willingness to help.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** help, effect · **To what, where:** rudeness

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, 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/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e4:1
# text = State the effect of rudeness upon others' willingness to help.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	willingness	willingness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **effect** |  |  | rudeness |  |  |  | upon others's willingness | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

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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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It earns greater respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e4:o1:1
# text = It earns greater respect
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | It | greater respect |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme |

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

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It makes people less willing to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e4:o2:1
# text = It makes people less willing to help
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | people |  |  |  | willing *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has no effect on others whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e4:o3:1
# text = It has no effect on others whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no effect |  | others |  | whatsoever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes people more eager to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e4:o4:1
# text = It makes people more eager to help
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | people |  |  |  | eager *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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