Test 12 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

my mate reckons namaste is just a yoga word, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, namaste · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: yoga word

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	namaste	namaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 word	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 word	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	yoga	yoga	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	compound
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 word	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my mate						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	namaste	a yoga word					tree rules

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's a respectful Indian and Nepali greeting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 greeting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 greeting	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 greeting	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 greeting	det
6	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 greeting	amod
7	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 greeting	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Nepali	cc
9	Nepali	nepali	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Indian	conj
10	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a respectful Indian greeting					tree rules

Option 2

It means goodbye in Japan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Japan	case
5	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	goodbye				in Japan	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot goodbye=Theme in japan=Attribute

Option 3

It's a type of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 type	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 type	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 type	det
4	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 type	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a type				of food	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, it's only ever said at the start and end of yoga classes

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 start	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 start	det
10	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 end	cc
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 classes	case
14	yoga	yoga	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 classes	compound
15	classes	class	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive	it			the start and end of yoga classes	ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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