Test 17 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

my bro says the new kid's family "talks funny so don't bother". real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, family · What happens: say, talk, not bother · To what, where: real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 family	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 kid	case
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talks	nsubj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 family	punct
10	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 talks	xcomp
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 bother	advmod
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 bother	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 bother	advmod
15	bother	bother	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 talks	ccomp
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 bother	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 lesson	amod
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro	real lesson		tree rules
2	talk in a quote	present	the new kid's family		funny property	tree rules
3	not bother in a quote	infinitive · do-support	the new kid's family not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Wait for the new kid to say hello 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	_	5 kid	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kid	amod
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
8	hello	hello	INTJ	_	7 say	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for the new kid	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here					first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 2

Talk to them only if they speak like you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Talk	obl
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 speak	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 speak	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 speak	nsubj
7	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	advcl
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent
2	speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present	they					like you	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only make friends with people who come from your own street or town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 make	advmod
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 street	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 street	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 street	amod
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 town	cc
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 street	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	friends				with people	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product
2	come	present	people			your own street or town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from street=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Be welcoming; rudeness hurts and you lose a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 welcoming	cop
2	welcoming	welcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rudeness	amod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 welcoming	punct
4	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurts	nsubj
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lose	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 lose	nsubj
8	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurts	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive			welcoming property	tree rules
2	hurt	present	welcoming rudeness			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	lose	present	you	a friend		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality

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