Test 15 · Greeting adults and teachers

too shy to say hi to my teacher, ever

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: say · To what, where: teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 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	too	too	ADV	_	2 shy	advmod
2	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	advcl
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hi	hi	INTJ	_	4 say	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teacher	nmod:poss
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ever	punct
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			my teacher		ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hi=Topic to teacher=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

Hide behind your bag every morning so that she never sees you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	4 bag	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bag	nmod:poss
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl:unmarked
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 sees	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sees	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 sees	advmod
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			your bag	morning		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind bag=Location
2	not see	present	she	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her to go away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go away not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Try a small hello or a wave, she'll understand you better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hello	det
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hello	amod
4	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Try	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 wave	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wave	det
7	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hello	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 understand	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 understand	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 understand	aux
11	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Try	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 understand	obj
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 understand	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here	a small hello or a wave					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Eventuality
2	understand	future	she	you				good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4

Never say anything to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 say	advmod
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 say	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	anything	her = she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to she=Recipient

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