Exam question 3 · Greeting adults and teachers

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the greeting of an unknown adult while alone.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, greet · To what, where: response, greeting, unknown adult

This is exam question 3 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 greeting	det
13	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 adult	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
16	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 adult	amod
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 greeting	nmod
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 alone	mark
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 concerning	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the greeting of a unknown adult		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus greeting=Experiencer
5	greet			a unknown adult		nom greeting «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1

You must accept any gift offered to remain polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 accept	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 accept	aux
3	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accept	obj
6	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 accept	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 remain	mark
8	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 accept	advcl
9	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accept	must	You	any gift		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent gift=Theme clause=Attribute
2	offer	participle	You not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	remain	to-infinitive	You not said here		polite property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

You must stop and answer every question put to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 answer	cc
5	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stop	conj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	obj
8	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 question	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	stop	must	You			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	answer speech: assert	infinitive	You not said here	every question		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
3	put	participle		every question not said here	you	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You may say hello, but never stop, go or take anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	hello	hello	INTJ	_	3 say	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stop	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 take	cc
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	conj
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	may	You		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
2	not stop	infinitive	You not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	go	infinitive	You not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	take	infinitive	You not said here	anything	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 4

You must accompany the adult if they request it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 accompany	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 accompany	aux
3	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accompany	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 request	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 request	nsubj
8	request	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accompany	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 request	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	must	You	the adult					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme
2	request a condition, not said to happen	present	they	adult					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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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