Test 2 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions
A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee. What is the traditional way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, traditional way · What happens: want, introduce, be · To what, where: friend
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Florida | case |
| 4 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 introduce | mark |
| 7 | introduce | introduce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 introduce | obj |
| 10 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 friend | appos |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 neighbour | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 neighbour | amod |
| 14 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 introduce | obl |
| 15 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 neighbour | appos |
| 16 | Lee | Lee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Mrs | flat |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl in Florida | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | introduce not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in Florida not said here | girl's friend | to girl's old neighbour | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent friend=Patient to neighbour=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.
Sentence 2: What is the traditional way?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the traditional way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"Hey, you two, talk to each other"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 talk | punct |
| 2 | Hey | hey | INTJ | _ | 7 talk | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Hey | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 talk | nsubj |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 you | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 each | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 7 talk | obl |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 each | fixed |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 talk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk in a quote | present | you | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |
Option 2
"Max, this is Mrs Lee, she is old"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Max | punct |
| 2 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Mrs | punct |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 Mrs | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Mrs | cop |
| 6 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Max | conj |
| 7 | Lee | Lee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Mrs | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 old | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 old | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 old | cop |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Max | amod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | this | Mrs | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Mrs | old property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"Mrs Lee, this is Max"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mrs | punct |
| 2 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | Lee | Lee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mrs | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Max | punct |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 Max | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Max | cop |
| 7 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mrs | conj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mrs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | this | Max | tree rules |
Option 4
"Mrs Lee, you must know Max already"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mrs | punct |
| 2 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 know | nsubj |
| 3 | Lee | Lee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mrs | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mrs | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obj |
| 9 | already | already | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | must | Mrs | Max | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer max=Stimulus |
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