Exam question 1 · Greeting neighbours and new people

Identify the principal response appropriate upon being introduced to a person for the first time.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, introduce · To what, where: principal response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 introduced	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 introduced	aux:pass
8	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 response	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 introduced	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 time	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 person	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal response					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	introduce	gerund · passive		the principal response not said here				to a person for the first time	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to person=Co-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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Look at them, smile and say "Nice to meet you"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Look	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 smile	punct
5	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Nice	punct
9	Nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 meet	mark
11	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 Nice	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 meet	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Nice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here		at them = they	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme
2	smile	infinitive	you not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	meet in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	you		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent

Option 2

Ask them at once where they live and how old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Ask	obl
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 live	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 live	nsubj
7	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 old	cc
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 old	advmod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 live	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	live	present	they						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Say nothing until a parent tells you to speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 tells	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tells	nsubj
6	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tells	iobj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 speak	mark
9	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	present	a parent		you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	a parent not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Look away and wait for them to speak first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Look	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wait	cc
4	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 speak	mark
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speak	nsubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 speak	mark
8	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wait	advcl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look away	imperative	you not said here	away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	them = they	first property	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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