Test 14 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

visiting a family that takes shoes off inside, i keep mine on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, family · What happens: visit, take off, keep on · To what, where: family, shoes, mine

This is test 14 · ★ 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	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 keep	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 visiting	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 family	acl:relcl
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 takes	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 takes	compound:prt
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 takes	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 visiting	punct
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 keep	nsubj
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	11 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	visit	gerund	i not said here	a family		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Co-Agent
2	take off	present	a family	shoes	inside property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme
3	keep on	present	i	mine		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=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

Wipe them and walk in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wipe	wipe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wipe	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walk	cc
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wipe	conj
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
2	walk in	infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only take one shoe off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 shoe	nummod
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	off	off	ADV	_	2 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	one shoe				off property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 3

Keep them on, it's your style and they're your shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Keep	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 style	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 style	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 style	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 style	nmod:poss
8	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shoes	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shoes	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 shoes	cop
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 shoes	nmod:poss
13	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep on	imperative	you not said here	them = they	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	is a	present	it	your style	tree rules
3	is a	present	they	your shoes	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Take them off, it's their custom and shows respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 custom	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 custom	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 custom	cop
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 custom	nmod:poss
8	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shows	cc
10	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	them = they	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	is a	present	it	their custom	tree rules
3	show	present	you not said here	respect	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient

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