Test 14 · Greeting adults and teachers

nice man at the park asking where i live, be polite n tell him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: park, i, nice man · What happens: ask, live, be, tell · To what, where: man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 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	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 man	amod
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 polite	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 park	acl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 live	advmod
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 live	nsubj
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 asking	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 polite	cop
12	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	n	n	PART	_	14 tell	mark
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 polite	csubj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	iobj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund	the park not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live	present	i			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	infinitive	nice man at the park		polite property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive		man		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

Yes, if he smiles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 smiles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 smiles	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 smiles	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 smiles	nsubj
5	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	present	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only tell him the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 street	det
5	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the street	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient street=Topic

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

No, you can be polite and still not say, tell your adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 polite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 polite	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 polite	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 polite	cop
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 say	cc
8	still	still	ADV	_	10 say	advmod
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 polite	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 say	conj
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 adult	nmod:poss
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	you			polite property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		still		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	your adult			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, it's rude not to answer a grown-up who asks you nicely

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answer	advcl
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 answer	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 answer	mark
8	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 grown	det
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 answer	obj
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 grown	compound:prt
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 asks	nsubj
14	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 answer	parataxis
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 asks	obj
16	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	14 asks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		rude property	tree rules
2	not answer speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow up	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	present		you	nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=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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