Test 13 · Greeting adults and teachers

man at the bus stop says hi and wants to chat

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: say, want, chat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 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	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 stop	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stop	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	compound
5	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 man	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hi	hi	INTJ	_	6 says	discourse
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wants	cc
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 chat	mark
11	chat	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	man at the bus stop	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	man at the bus stop not said here	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	chat speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	man at the bus stop not said here	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Go with him if he's friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 friendly	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 friendly	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 friendly	cop
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he					friendly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say hello but don't chat or go anywhere; tell a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hello	hello	INTJ	_	1 Say	obj
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 chat	cc
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 chat	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 chat	advmod
6	chat	chat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 go	cc
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 chat	conj
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 go	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
13	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 adult	amod
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
2	not chat speech: other	infinitive · do-support	you not said here			vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		anywhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
5	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Chat for a while to be polite, he might feel sad if you walk off

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 polite	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 while	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 while	det
4	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chat	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 polite	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 polite	cop
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 feel	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 feel	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 feel	aux
11	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 polite	parataxis
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feel	xcomp
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 walk	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 walk	nsubj
15	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 feel	advcl
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 walk	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive	Chat for a while	polite property	tree rules
2	feel	might	he	sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	walk off a condition, not said to happen	present	you		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Take a sweet if he offers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sweet	det
3	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 offers	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 offers	nsubj
6	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a sweet					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme
2	offer a condition, not said to happen	present	he						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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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