Test 14 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

my mate came over n i forgot to introduce her to my nan

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, i · What happens: not come over, forget, not introduce · To what, where: mate

This is test 14 · ★ 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 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	n	not	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 forgot	nsubj
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 introduce	mark
9	introduce	introduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 forgot	xcomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 introduce	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 nan	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nan	nmod:poss
13	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 introduce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not come over	past	my mate		over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget	past	i			tree rules
3	not introduce	to-infinitive	i not said here	mate	to my nan	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to nan=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

Ask your friend to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 leave	mark
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		your friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Leave it, they'll work it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 work	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 work	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 work	aux
6	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 work	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 work	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	work out	future	they	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Tell nan she's nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nobody	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nobody	cop
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nan					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient
2	is a	present	she	nobody					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Introduce them now, it helps her feel welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Introduce	introduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Introduce	obj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Introduce	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 helps	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 helps	nsubj
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Introduce	parataxis
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 helps	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
9	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	imperative	you not said here	them = they	now		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	help	present	it	her = she			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	feel	infinitive	her = she not said here			welcome property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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