Test 17 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

my mate reckons the new kid said "namaste" to the teacher and everyone laughed, he's so weird lol, pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, new kid, everyone, kid · What happens: reckon, say, laugh, be, pass on · To what, where: namaste, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	parataxis
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 namaste	punct
9	namaste	namaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 namaste	punct
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 teacher	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 laughed	cc
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 laughed	nsubj
16	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 pass	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 weird	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 weird	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 weird	cop
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 weird	advmod
21	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 laughed	ccomp
22	lol	lol	INTJ	_	24 pass	discourse
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 lol	punct
24	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	parataxis
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 pass	obj
26	on	on	ADP	_	24 pass	compound:prt
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my mate				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the new kid	namaste	the teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent namaste=Topic to teacher=Recipient
3	laugh	past	everyone				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	kid			weird property	tree rules
5	pass on	infinitive		namaste			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Pass it on, it's a funny story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 story	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 story	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 story	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 story	det
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 story	amod
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	it	a funny story					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Don't pass it on; namaste is a respectful greeting, laughing at it is unkind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 greeting	punct
7	namaste	namaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 greeting	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 greeting	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 greeting	det
10	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 greeting	amod
11	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 laughing	punct
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 unkind	csubj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughing	obl
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 unkind	cop
17	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pass	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	namaste	a respectful greeting			tree rules
3	laugh	gerund			namaste		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	laughing			unkind property	tree rules

Option 3

Only pass it on to your best friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 pass	advmod
2	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pass	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	2 pass	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 friends	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 friends	amod
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it	your best friends				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the new kid to stop greeting people like that, so that they stop laughing

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kid	amod
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kid	acl
7	greeting	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 greeting	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 people	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stop	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 stop	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 stop	nsubj
15	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
16	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the new kid	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2	stop	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	greet speech: greet	gerund	you not said here	people	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
4	stop	present	people		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	laugh	gerund	people not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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