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Test 3 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

In a new chess club, nobody speaks to you for ten minutes. What is the best step?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: nobody, best step · What happens: speak, be · To what, where: you, new chess club · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: In a new chess club, nobody speaks to you for ten minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 club	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 club	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 club	amod
4	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 club	compound
5	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 club	punct
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 speaks	nsubj
8	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 speaks	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 minutes	case
12	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 minutes	nummod
13	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 speaks	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	nobody		you	a new chess club	minute		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent

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 best step?

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 step	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 step	amod
5	step	step	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 best step						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell them they are unfriendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unfriendly	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unfriendly	cop
5	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	is	present	they					unfriendly property	tree rules

Option 2

Leave and never come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 come	cc
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not come back	infinitive	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Wait until next month, when they know you, before saying anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	4 month	case
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 month	amod
4	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 know	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saying	punct
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 saying	mark
12	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				month		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	they	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Introduce yourself to the coach and one or two players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Introduce	introduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Introduce	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 coach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coach	det
5	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Introduce	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 players	cc
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 players	nummod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 two	cc
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 one	conj
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 coach	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	imperative	you not said here	yourself				to the coach and one players	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient to coach=Co-Patient

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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