Test 2 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

Why is a hello to an old man who lives alone more important than it seems?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man, it · What happens: be, live, seem · To what, where: hello

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hello	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hello	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hello	det
4	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hello	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lives	nsubj
10	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 man	acl:relcl
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 lives	advmod
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 important	advmod
13	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lives	xcomp
14	than	than	SCONJ	_	16 seems	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 seems	nsubj
16	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 important	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hello	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a hello	to a old man	tree rules
2	live	present	a old man		alone, important property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	seem	present	it			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

Because it is a law to greet every neighbour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 law	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 law	expl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 greet	mark
7	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 law	acl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 neighbour	det
9	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 greet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a law					tree rules
2	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive		every neighbour					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme

Option 2

Because he might be a famous person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 person	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 person	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 person	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 person	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	might	he	a famous person					tree rules

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

Being noticed cheers lonely people and shows if they need help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 noticed	aux:pass
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cheers	amod
3	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shows	nsubj
4	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheers	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 people	cc
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 need	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shows	ccomp
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	notice	gerund · passive			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»
2	show	present	noticed cheers and lonely people		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need a condition, not said to happen	present	cheers = cheer	help	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Option 4

Because old people often pay children a little money just to say hello

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 pay	mark
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pay	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 pay	advmod
5	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 say	advcl
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pay	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 money	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 say	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	hello	hello	INTJ	_	12 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	old people		children			often property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient money=Asset
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

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