Test 18 · Greeting adults and teachers

my cousin's mate told a nice man at the park his address n the police came. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, police · What happens: tell, come, address · To what, where: address, nice man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cousin	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 park	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 address	nmod:poss
13	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj
14	n	n	SCONJ	_	17 came	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 police	det
16	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 lesson	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
19	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lesson	amod
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	my cousin's mate	mate's address	a nice man	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient address=Topic
2	come	past	the police			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	address		mate			nom address «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

Be polite but never give strangers personal details

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 polite	cop
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 give	cc
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 give	advmod
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 polite	conj
6	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	iobj
7	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 details	amod
8	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					polite property	tree rules
2	not give	infinitive	you not said here	personal details	strangers				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient detail=Theme

Option 2

It is fine to tell nice, friendly men your address if they smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 men	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nice	punct
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 men	amod
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 address	nmod:poss
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	obj
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 smile	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 smile	nsubj
14	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		nice friendly men		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient
3	smile a condition, not said to happen	present	men = man			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	address		your			nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Never say hello to any adult you do not know

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	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 adult	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 know	advmod
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 adult	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	hello	any adult				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to adult=Recipient
2	not know	present · do-support	you	any adult not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only tell strangers your address if they ask twice

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	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	iobj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 address	nmod:poss
5	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strangers	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 ask	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ask	nsubj
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	advcl
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	strangers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	strangers = stranger		twice property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	address		your			nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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