Test 18 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

apparently that boy in year 6 never says nice to meet you and his nan's dead embarrassed, my mum's mate saw it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, mate · What happens: not say, meet, see · To what, where: you, nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	8 says	advmod
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 year	case
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boy	nmod
6	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 year	flat
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 says	advmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 meet	mark
11	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 nice	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 meet	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 embarrassed	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 nan	nmod:poss
15	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 embarrassed	nsubj
16	's	's	PART	_	15 nan	case
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 embarrassed	amod
18	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nice	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 saw	punct
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mum	nmod:poss
21	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 mate	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 mum	case
23	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 saw	nsubj
24	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 says	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present	that boy in year		apparently, nice property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	meet	to-infinitive	that boy in year not said here	you		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent
3	see	past	my mum's mate	nan		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

It's surely true, because one of the mums' friends saw it happen with her own eyes

The tree, 18 words

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 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	surely	surely	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saw	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 saw	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 saw	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 friends	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mums	det
10	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 friends	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 mums	case
12	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	obj
15	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 saw	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 eyes	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 eyes	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 eyes	amod
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		surely, true property	tree rules
2	see	past	one of the mums's friends	it		tree rules
3	happen	infinitive			with her own eyes	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may be just gossip; the real lesson is to answer an introduction kindly

The tree, 14 words

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	5 gossip	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 gossip	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 gossip	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 gossip	advmod
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 answer	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lesson	amod
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 answer	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 answer	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	12 answer	mark
12	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gossip	conj
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 introduction	det
14	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 answer	obj
15	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	12 answer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	gossip					tree rules
2	is	present	the real lesson					answer, kindly property	tree rules

Option 3

Go and tell the boy's nan what people say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tell	cc
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nan	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 say	obj
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the boy's nan	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	people		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody needs to answer an introduction at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 answer	mark
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	xcomp
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 introduction	det
6	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 answer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Nobody						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	answer speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nobody not said here	a introduction		all			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent introduction=Eventuality

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