Test 3 · Greeting friends and relatives

Which is the best way to talk to a grandparent who wears a hearing aid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandparent · What happens: be, talk, wear · To what, where: best way, hearing aid

This is test 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 talk	mark
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 grandparent	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 grandparent	det
10	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talk	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wears	nsubj
12	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grandparent	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 aid	det
14	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 aid	compound
15	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wears	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best way		tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive			to a grandparent	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to grandparent=Co-Agent
3	wear	present	a grandparent	a hearing aid		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent aid=Source

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

Face them and speak clearly, a little louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Face	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 speak	cc
4	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Face	conj
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 louder	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 little	det
8	little	little	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 louder	advmod
9	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Face	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination
2	speak speech: other	present	you not said here					clearly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Speak from the next room so they practise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 room	amod
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speak	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 practise	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 practise	nsubj
8	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here			the next room			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	practise	present	they						tree rules

Option 3

Mumble quickly to finish sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mumble	mumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Mumble	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 finish	mark
4	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mumble	acl
5	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 finish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	to-infinitive						soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Shout every word as loudly as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 loudly	advmod
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 possible	mark
7	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	every word				loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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