Test 5 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

Why do people like it when you use their name?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, people · What happens: do, use, name · To what, where: people, name

This is test 5 · ★ 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	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 people	nmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 use	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	advcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		people	like it	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality
2	use	present	you	people's name		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
3	name		people			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

Because it is shorter than saying hello

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 shorter	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shorter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shorter	cop
4	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 shorter	advcl
7	hello	hello	INTJ	_	6 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					short property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People like hearing their name, and it shows you remember them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 like	xcomp
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hearing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shows	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shows	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shows	nsubj
9	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 like	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 remember	nsubj
11	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shows	ccomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	like	present	People		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hear not said to happen	gerund	People not said here	People's name	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	show	present	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	remember	present	you	People	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	name		People		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Because names are secret and only close friends are allowed to know them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 secret	mark
2	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 secret	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 secret	cop
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 allowed	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 friends	advmod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friends	amod
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 allowed	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 allowed	aux:pass
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 secret	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 know	mark
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 allowed	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	names		secret property	tree rules
2	allow	present · passive		close friends		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	close friends not said here	friends = friend		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Because everyone forgets their own name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 forgets	mark
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 forgets	nsubj
3	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 name	amod
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	everyone	their own name					tree rules
2	name		their = they						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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