Test 5 · Greeting friends and relatives A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance. A new girl is standing with them. What is kind?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, new girl · What happens: have, stand, be · To what, where: special greeting dance
This is test 5 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 Sentence 1: A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance.
det nsubj case nmod cc nmod:poss amod conj det amod compound obj punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Leeds PROPN and CCONJ her PRON best ADJ friend NOUN have VERB a DET special ADJ greeting NOUN dance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 9 have nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Leeds case 4 Leeds Leeds PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 friend cc 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 friend nmod:poss 7 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 8 friend amod 8 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 2 girl conj 9 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 dance det 11 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 13 dance amod 12 greeting greeting NOUN Number=Sing 13 dance compound 13 dance dance NOUN Number=Sing 9 have obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 have punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present a girl in Leeds and Leeds's best friend a special greeting dance vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient
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.
Sentence 2: A new girl is standing with them.
det amod nsubj aux case obl punct root A DET new ADJ girl NOUN is AUX standing VERB with ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 girl det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 girl amod 3 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 standing nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 standing aux 5 standing stand VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 with with ADP _ 7 them case 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 standing obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 standing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stand present · progressive a new girl with them = they vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is kind?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX kind ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 kind nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 kind cop 3 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 kind punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present kind property tree rules
The options Option 1 Tell the new girl the dance is secret and only for best friends
det amod iobj det nsubj cop ccomp cc advmod case amod conj root Tell VERB the DET new ADJ girl NOUN the DET dance NOUN is AUX secret ADJ and CCONJ only ADV for ADP best ADJ friends NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 girl det 3 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 4 girl amod 4 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell iobj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dance det 6 dance dance NOUN Number=Sing 8 secret nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 secret cop 8 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell ccomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 13 friends cc 10 only only ADV _ 13 friends advmod 11 for for ADP _ 13 friends case 12 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 13 friends amod 13 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 8 secret conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the new girl vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient 2 is present the dance secret property tree rules
Option 2 Do the dance and ignore the new girl
det obj cc conj det amod obj root Do VERB the DET dance NOUN and CCONJ ignore VERB the DET new ADJ girl NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dance det 3 dance dance NOUN Number=Sing 1 Do obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 ignore cc 5 ignore ignore VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Do conj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 girl det 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 girl amod 8 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 ignore obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do imperative you not said here the dance vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality 2 ignore present you not said here the new girl vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Greet the new girl in an ordinary friendly way too
det amod obj case det amod amod obl advmod root Greet VERB the DET new ADJ girl NOUN in ADP an DET ordinary ADJ friendly ADJ way NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Greet greet VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 girl det 3 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 4 girl amod 4 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 1 Greet obj 5 in in ADP _ 9 way case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 way det 7 ordinary ordinary ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way amod 8 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way amod 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing 1 Greet obl 10 too too ADV _ 1 Greet advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 greet speech: greet imperative you not said here the new girl a ordinary friendly way vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Wait until the new girl leaves to greet anyone
mark det amod nsubj advcl mark xcomp obj root Wait VERB until SCONJ the DET new ADJ girl NOUN leaves VERB to PART greet VERB anyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 until until SCONJ _ 6 leaves mark 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 girl det 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 girl amod 5 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 6 leaves nsubj 6 leaves leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Wait advcl 7 to to PART _ 8 greet mark 8 greet greet VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 leaves xcomp 9 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 greet obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 leave present the new girl tree rules 3 greet speech: greet to-infinitive the new girl not said here anyone vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
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