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Test 4 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

A visitor in your class does not shake hands and puts a hand on his heart instead. How do you answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: visitor, you · What happens: not shake, put, answer · To what, where: hands, hand, heart

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A visitor in your class does not shake hands and puts a hand on his heart instead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 visitor	det
2	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shake	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 class	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 class	nmod:poss
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visitor	nmod
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shake	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 shake	advmod
8	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shake	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 puts	cc
11	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shake	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hand	det
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 puts	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 heart	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 heart	nmod:poss
16	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 puts	obl
17	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 puts	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shake	present · do-support	a visitor in your class	hands					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	put	present	a visitor in your class not said here	a hand		visitor's heart		instead property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on heart=Destination

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: How do you answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 answer	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 answer	nsubj
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present · do-support	you						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the teacher to make him shake hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the teacher				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	teacher					tree rules
3	shake not said to happen	infinitive	teacher not said here	hands					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 2

Laugh and copy him to make a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 copy	cc
3	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	conj
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 copy	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 copy	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	copy	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	a joke					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Smile or nod back, respecting his custom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 nod	cc
3	nod	nod	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Smile	conj
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 nod	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 respecting	punct
6	respecting	respect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Smile	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 custom	nmod:poss
8	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	nod back	infinitive	you not said here						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	respect	gerund	you not said here	his custom					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer custom=Stimulus

Option 4

Grab his hand to shake it anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hand	nmod:poss
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shake	mark
5	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Grab	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shake	obj
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 shake	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	his hand					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	shake	to-infinitive	you not said here	hand				anyway property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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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