Test 2 · Greeting friends and relatives

Why is a hello to a lonely new classmate worth it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hello · What happens: be

This is test 2 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hello	det
4	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 classmate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 classmate	det
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 classmate	amod
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 classmate	amod
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hello	nmod
10	worth	worth	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 classmate	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a hello to a lonely new classmate worth classmate					why property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Because it makes you more popular than them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 makes	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 popular	advmod
6	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 popular	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	you				popular property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product

Option 2

Because new pupils always become best friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 become	mark
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pupils	amod
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 become	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 become	advmod
5	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friends	amod
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	new pupils	best friends				always property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A small greeting can make someone's day and start a friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 greeting	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 greeting	amod
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 day	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 someone	case
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 start	cc
10	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friendship	det
12	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	a small greeting				day		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	start	infinitive	a small greeting not said here	a friendship					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Eventuality

Option 4

Because the teacher secretly gives points for every hello to new pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 gives	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	nsubj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 gives	advmod
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gives	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 hello	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hello	det
9	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 pupils	case
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pupils	amod
12	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the teacher	points	new pupils			for every hello; secretly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent point=Theme for hello=Asset to pupil=Recipient

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