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Test 8 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

Both you and a new classmate are shy. Who should say "Hi" first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Both you and a new classmate are shy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	8 shy	cc:preconj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 shy	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 classmate	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 classmate	amod
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 you	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shy	cop
8	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					shy property	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Who should say "Hi" first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 say	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Hi	punct
5	Hi	hi	INTJ	_	3 say	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Hi	punct
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 say	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should						first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody, because shy people prefer silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 prefer	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 prefer	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 prefer	mark
4	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prefer	nsubj
6	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prefer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Nobody	silence					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Stimulus

Option 2

Whoever is taller should go first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 go	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taller	cop
3	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Whoever	amod
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						tall property	tree rules
2	go	should	Whoever					first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only the teacher is allowed to start a talk between two shy pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 allowed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 start	mark
7	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 talk	det
9	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 start	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	13 pupils	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 pupils	nummod
12	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pupils	amod
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 talk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		the teacher					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	start not said to happen	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	a talk				between two shy pupils	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

You can, because a smile and "Hi" is enough to start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 enough	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 enough	aux
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 enough	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 enough	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 smile	det
6	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 enough	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Hi	cc
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hi	punct
9	Hi	hi	INTJ	_	6 smile	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hi	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 enough	cop
12	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 start	mark
14	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 enough	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	You					enough property	tree rules
2	start	to-infinitive	You not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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