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Test 7 · Greeting friends and relatives

Your cousin, whom you have not seen for years, looks shy too. What is a good first step?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cousin · What happens: not see, look, be · To what, where: cousin, good first step

This is test 7 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: Your cousin, whom you have not seen for years, looks shy too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looks	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seen	punct
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 seen	obl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 seen	advmod
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 cousin	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 years	case
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 seen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looks	xcomp
14	too	too	ADV	_	12 looks	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	present · perfect	you	Your cousin			year		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	present	Your cousin					shy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: What is a good first step?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 step	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 step	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 step	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 step	amod
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 step	amod
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 step	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good first step					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Wait for the cousin to speak first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 cousin	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 speak	mark
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for the cousin	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here					first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Play alone so nobody feels awkward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Play	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 feels	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 feels	nsubj
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	advcl
6	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here					alone property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	nobody					awkward property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say hello and ask what they have been doing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hello	hello	INTJ	_	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 doing	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 doing	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 doing	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 doing	aux
9	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ask	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	present · perfect · progressive	they						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell your parents you are too shy to talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 shy	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shy	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 shy	advmod
7	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 talk	mark
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	is	present	you					shy property	tree rules
3	talk	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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