Test 8 · Greeting adults and teachers

Which is the most polite way to start in a shop?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, start · To what, where: polite way, shop

This is test 8 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 polite	advmod
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 shop	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 shop	det
11	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the polite way					tree rules
2	start	to-infinitive				a shop			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

Wait for the shopkeeper to guess what you want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 shopkeeper	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shopkeeper	det
4	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 guess	mark
6	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 want	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 want	nsubj
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 guess	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	for the shopkeeper	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	guess	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 2

Ask for the price before saying anything else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 price	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 price	det
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	advcl
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 saying	obj
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 anything	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for the price	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

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

Greet the shopkeeper, then ask for what you need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shopkeeper	det
3	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Greet	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Greet	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ask	obl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	imperative	you not said here	the shopkeeper		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopkeeper=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		then	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	need	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Say "Oi!" to get the shopkeeper's attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Oi	punct
3	Oi	Oi	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 Oi	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Oi	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shopkeeper	det
9	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attention	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 shopkeeper	case
11	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Oi	tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive		the shopkeeper's attention	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
3	attend		the shopkeeper		nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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