Test 6 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions
An Indian family friend greets you with palms together. Which answer is fine?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Indian family friend, answer · What happens: greet, be · To what, where: you
This is test 6 · ★ 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: An Indian family friend greets you with palms together.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 friend | det |
| 2 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 friend | amod |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 friend | compound |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 greets | nsubj |
| 5 | greets | greet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 greets | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 palms | case |
| 8 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 greets | obl |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 greets | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 greets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | greet speech: greet | present | a Indian family friend | you | with palms; together property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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.
Sentence 2: Which answer is fine?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | fine property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A fist bump straight into their palms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fist | det |
| 2 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bump | nsubj |
| 3 | bump | bump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 3 bump | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 palms | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 palms | nmod:poss |
| 7 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bump | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bump | present | a fist | their palms | straight property | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into palm=Location |
Option 2
Turning away, since you do not know the custom and might get it wrong
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 get | csubj |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Turning | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 know | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 8 know | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 know | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 know | advmod |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turning | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 custom | det |
| 10 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 know | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 know | cc |
| 12 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 get | obj |
| 15 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn away | gerund | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | you | the custom | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer custom=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get | might | Turning | custom | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
A bow from the waist like in Japan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bow | det |
| 2 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 waist | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 waist | det |
| 5 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bow | nmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 Japan | case |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Japan | case |
| 8 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 waist | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Palms together and "Namaste", or a friendly hello
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Palms | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Namaste | cc |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Namaste | punct |
| 5 | Namaste | namaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Palms | conj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Namaste | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hello | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 hello | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hello | det |
| 10 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hello | amod |
| 11 | hello | hello | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Palms | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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