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title: my mate says manners are only for grown-ups and teachers, not for sh… — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says manners are only for grown-ups and teachers, not for shop workers or bus drivers Test 18 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 18 · Manners and kindness

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my mate says manners are only for grown-ups and teachers, not for shop workers or bus drivers

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, manners · **What happens:** say, grow, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t18:1
# text = my mate says manners are only for grown-ups and teachers, not for shop workers or bus drivers
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | manners |  |  |  |  | for grown ups and teachers | 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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Wrong; manners matter with everyone, shop workers and drivers too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t18:o1:1
# text = Wrong; manners matter with everyone, shop workers and drivers too
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Wrong manners |  |  |  |  | with everyone | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is right, manners are for family only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, manners are for family only
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | manners |  |  |  |  | for family | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is right, workers are paid so manners do not matter at all to them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, workers are paid so manners do not matter at all to them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive |  | workers |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 3 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | manners |  | workers *= worker* | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to they=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is right, only teachers count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t18:o4:1
# text = He is right, only teachers count
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present | teachers |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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