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description: Ascertain the conduct regarded as discourteous upon the conclusion of a meal. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Drinks, sweets and "enjoy your meal"» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Exam question 4 · Drinks, sweets and "enjoy your meal"

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Ascertain the conduct regarded as discourteous upon the conclusion of a meal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, regard, conclude · **To what, where:** conduct, meal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Drinks, sweets and "enjoy your meal"» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conduct regarded as discourteous upon the conclusion of a meal.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **regard** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | as discourteous; upon the conclusion of a meal | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as discourteous=Value |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | a meal |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Consuming the whole portion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal:e4:o1:1
# text = Consuming the whole portion
1	Consuming	consume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | gerund |  | the whole portion |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Asset |

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

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Departure from the table without an expression of thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal:e4:o2:1
# text = Departure from the table without an expression of thanks
1	Departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Commending the food as SMAchno

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal:e4:o3:1
# text = Commending the food as SMAchno
1	Commending	commend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	SMAchno	SMAchno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** | gerund |  | the food |  |  |  | as SMAchno | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent food=Theme as smachno=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Requesting a glass of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:12-drinks-sweets-enjoy-your-meal:e4:o4:1
# text = Requesting a glass of water
1	Requesting	request	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | gerund |  | a glass of water |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent glass=Recipient |

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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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