Exam question 2 · More greetings and making introductions

Which of the following constitutes an appropriate response when an individual introduces himself or herself to you?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: individual · What happens: follow, be, introduce · To what, where: appropriate response, individual, you

This is exam question 2 of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 response	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 response	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 response	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 response	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 response	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 response	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 response	amod
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 introduces	mark
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 individual	det
11	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 introduces	nsubj
12	introduces	introduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 response	advcl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 introduces	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 herself	cc
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 himself	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 you	case
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 introduces	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 response	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the appropriate response		tree rules
3	introduce	present	a individual	individual	you	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to you=Co-Patient

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

A silent nod without any further words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nod	det
2	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nod	amod
3	nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	7 words	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 words	det
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nod	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"Nice to meet you, I'm ..." followed by one's own name

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nice	punct
2	Nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 meet	mark
4	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Nice	xcomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 meet	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 'm	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 'm	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Nice	conj
9	...	...	PUNCT	_	2 Nice	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nice	punct
11	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Nice	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	16 name	case
13	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 one	case
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	meet in a quote	to-infinitive		you		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent
2	follow	participle			by one's own name	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by name=Location
3	name		one			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A request for the person's home address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	8 address	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 address	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 address	compound
8	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address		the person						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

An immediate account of one's own whole day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 day	case
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 day	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account			one's own whole day					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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