Exam question 2 · Greeting neighbours and new people

Whereas a person's name has been forgotten shortly after an introduction, state the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: person · What happens: forget, name · To what, where: appropriate course

This is exam question 2 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 name	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 person	case
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	obl
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 forgotten	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 forgotten	aux:pass
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	8 forgotten	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 introduction	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 introduction	det
12	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 state	punct
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 introduction	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 course	det
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 course	amod
17	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 action	case
19	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 course	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 forgotten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect · passive		the appropriate course of action			after a introduction and state	whereas a person's name; shortly property	tree rules
2	name		a person						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Avoid the person until the name is remembered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoid	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 remembered	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remembered	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 remembered	aux:pass
8	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Avoid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	imperative	you not said here	the person					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent person=Location
2	remember	present · passive		the name					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Ask somebody else secretly for the name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Ask	obj
3	else	else	ADV	_	2 somebody	advmod
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		somebody			for the name; secretly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent somebody=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say "Sorry, could you tell me your name again?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sorry	punct
3	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	1 Say	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	parataxis
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	7 tell	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: ask	imperative	you not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	could	you	your name	me	again	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic
3	name in a quote		your				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Invent a nickname and use it in its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invent	invent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nickname	det
3	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Invent	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 use	cc
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Invent	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 place	nmod:poss
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	imperative	you not said here	a nickname					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Result
2	use	infinitive	you not said here	nickname		nickname's place			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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