Test 16 · Greeting friends and relatives

did u hear Leo hugs his cousin every time even tho she says no, n now "she's never coming to xmas again". real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Leo, she · What happens: hear, hug, say, not come · To what, where: real lesson, cousin, xmas · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hugs	nsubj
5	hugs	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cousin	nmod:poss
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hugs	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hugs	obl:unmarked
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 says	advmod
11	tho	though	SCONJ	_	13 says	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hugs	parataxis
14	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	13 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 coming	punct
16	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	22 coming	cc
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 coming	advmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 coming	punct
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 coming	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 coming	aux
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 coming	advmod
22	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hugs	parataxis
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 xmas	case
24	xmas	Xmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 coming	obl
25	again	again	ADV	_	22 coming	advmod
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 coming	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
28	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 lesson	amod
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hug	present	Leo	Leo's cousin		time	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	not come in a quote	present · progressive	she		xmas	now; again	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to xmas=Initial_Location

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

She should just get used to the hugs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
4	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 hugs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hugs	det
8	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should · passive		She				to the hugs	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Only kisses need asking, not hugs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 kisses	advmod
2	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 need	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hugs	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hugs	advmod
7	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	kisses						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	gerund	kisses not said here	hugs					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Family hugs are always fine without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hugs	compound
2	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 fine	advmod
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 asking	mark
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Family hugs					always, fine property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Family hugs not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask first, people can say no to hugs even in family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ask	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 say	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 hugs	case
9	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	obl
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 family	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 family	case
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	can	people	no	hugs	family			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to hug=Recipient

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