Test 17 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world
my mate says a girl went in a house in Japan with shoes on n "got kicked out the country". real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, girl · What happens: say, go, kick out · To what, where: real lesson, house, n · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★ 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Japan | case |
| 11 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 shoes | case |
| 13 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 went | obl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 n | case |
| 15 | n | n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 kicked | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 n | punct |
| 17 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 kicked | aux:pass |
| 18 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 went | parataxis |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 kicked | compound:prt |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 country | det |
| 21 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 kicked | obj |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 24 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 lesson | amod |
| 25 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | real lesson | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | past | a girl | a house | in Japan; with shoes | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | kick out in a quote | past · passive | n | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient country=Result |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Learn local customs before you visit, to avoid upset
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 customs | amod |
| 3 | customs | custom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Learn | obj |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 visit | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 visit | nsubj |
| 6 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Learn | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 avoid | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 avoid | mark |
| 9 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Learn | conj |
| 10 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 avoid | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | imperative | you not said here | local customs | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Topic | ||||
| 2 | visit | present | you | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | avoid | to-infinitive | you not said here | upset property | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Shoes only matter if they are muddy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matter | advmod |
| 3 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 muddy | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 muddy | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 muddy | cop |
| 7 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 matter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Shoes | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | Shoes = shoe | muddy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Customs do not matter when you are on holiday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Customs | custom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 holiday | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 holiday | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 holiday | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 holiday | case |
| 9 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Customs | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | holiday | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Japan bans all tourists who wear shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bans | nsubj |
| 2 | bans | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 tourists | det |
| 4 | tourists | tourist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bans | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 wear | nsubj |
| 6 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tourists | acl:relcl |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present | Japan | all tourists | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tourist=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wear | present | all tourists | shoes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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