Test 20 · Greeting friends and relatives

my cousin said Uncle's "friend" coming to dinner is really "his girlfriend, shh"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, coming · What happens: say, come, be · To what, where: dinner, girlfriend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Uncle	case
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 friend	punct
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 friend	punct
9	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 girlfriend	csubj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coming	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 girlfriend	cop
13	really	really	ADV	_	16 girlfriend	advmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 girlfriend	punct
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 girlfriend	nmod:poss
16	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 shh	punct
18	shh	shh	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 girlfriend	conj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 girlfriend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	come	gerund			dinner	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dinner=Initial_Location
3	is a in a quote	present	coming	cousin's girlfriend and shh		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 · ✓ the right answer

Uncle may have a girlfriend; say hello politely and do not tease him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girlfriend	det
5	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	conj
8	hello	hello	INTJ	_	7 say	obj
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tease	cc
11	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 tease	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 tease	advmod
13	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tease	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	may	Uncle	a girlfriend		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girlfriend=Patient
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	Uncle not said here		politely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
3	not tease	infinitive · do-support	Uncle not said here	Uncle		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Tell everyone at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 table	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 table	det
5	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone	the table			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 3

Ask her loudly at the dinner table if she is really his secret girlfriend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 table	compound
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 girlfriend	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 girlfriend	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 girlfriend	cop
11	really	really	ADV	_	14 girlfriend	advmod
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 girlfriend	nmod:poss
13	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 girlfriend	amod
14	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she	the dinner table		loudly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	she	his secret girlfriend					tree rules

Option 4

Refuse to say hello

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 say	mark
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	hello	hello	INTJ	_	3 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

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