Test 11 · Greeting adults and teachers

new teacher says call me mr patel, can i just say raj

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new teacher, i · What happens: say, call · To what, where: me, raj · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teacher	amod
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 call	obj
6	mr	mr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	xcomp
7	patel	Patel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mr	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 say	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 say	advmod
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
13	raj	raj	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	new teacher			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call	infinitive			me	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	can	i	raj		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent raj=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, say Mr Patel until he asks you to use his first name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
5	Patel	Patel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mr	flat
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 asks	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asks	nsubj
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 say	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 asks	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 use	mark
11	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asks	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 name	nmod:poss
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 name	amod
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Mr		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mr=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	present	Mr		you	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	use not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mr not said here	Mr's first name		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
4	name		Mr			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yes, if you say it with a smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 smile	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 smile	det
9	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	it				with a smile	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with smile=Manner

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, teachers prefer nicknames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 prefer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prefer	nsubj
4	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prefer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	teachers	nicknames					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nickname=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, first names are friendlier and teachers secretly like them more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 friendlier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 names	amod
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 friendlier	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 friendlier	cop
6	friendlier	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 teachers	cc
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 friendlier	conj
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	6 friendlier	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 friendlier	obl
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 friendlier	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	first names					like teachers = teacher; friendly, secretly property	tree rules

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