Test 14 · Greeting friends and relatives

in a mood, not saying hi to my mates today

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: not say · To what, where: mates, mood · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 mood	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mood	det
3	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mood	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 saying	advmod
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	hi	hi	INTJ	_	6 saying	discourse
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 mates	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mates	nmod:poss
10	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 saying	obl
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	gerund			my mates	a mood	today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mate=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

Ignore them all today, they'll get that you're in a mood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 them	nmod:unmarked
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ignore	parataxis
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 mood	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 mood	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mood	cop
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 mood	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mood	det
14	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	them = they		today	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	get	future	they				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you		a mood		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say a quick hi, ignoring them hurts their feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hi	det
3	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hi	amod
4	hi	hi	NOUN	_	1 Say	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ignoring	punct
6	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 hurts	csubj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ignoring	obj
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feelings	nmod:poss
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a quick hi	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic
2	ignore	gerund		them = they	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	hurt	present	ignoring	their feelings	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient

Option 3

Glare at them instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glare	glare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Glare	obl
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Glare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glare	imperative	you not said here					at them = they; instead property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location

Option 4

Tell them you hate them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hate	nsubj
4	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hate	present	you	them = they					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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