Test 12 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

random lady waved at me across the street, go over?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: random lady · What happens: wave, go over · To what, where: street

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lady	amod
2	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	nsubj
3	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 waved	obl
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 street	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 waved	conj
11	over	over	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	random lady			the street		at me	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at i=Location
2	go over	infinitive	random lady not said here					over property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it may be meant for someone else; never go to a stranger

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 meant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meant	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 meant	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	aux:pass
6	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 meant	obl
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 someone	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 go	punct
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 go	advmod
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 stranger	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stranger	det
15	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	may · passive		it				for someone	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for someone=Attribute
2	not go	infinitive				a stranger			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stranger=Initial_Location

Option 2

Yes, run over and say hi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 run	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 run	conj
7	hi	hi	INTJ	_	6 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run over	imperative	you not said here					over property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic

Option 3

Yes, if she waves twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 waves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 waves	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 waves	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waves	nsubj
5	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 waves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	she					twice property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cross the road and ask her what she wants, it would be rude not to

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 road	det
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cross	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ask	cc
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cross	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ask	iobj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 wants	obj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rude	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cross	parataxis
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 rude	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	15 not	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cross	imperative	you not said here	the road			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		her = she		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	want	present	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4	not is	would	road			rude property	tree rules

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