Test 9 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

new kid says hi im sam, wat do i say back

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, i · What happens: say, say back · To what, where: im sam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hi	hi	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
5	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sam	amod
6	sam	sam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wat	punct
8	wat	wat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sam	conj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	new kid	im sam and wat					tree rules
2	say back speech: assert	present · do-support	i						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Say "I know" and walk on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walk	cc
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know in a quote	present	I	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	walk on	infinitive	you not said here	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Ask what his surname is first, so you know who he really is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Ask	obj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 surname	nmod:poss
4	surname	surname	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 first	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 first	cop
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 what	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 know	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 know	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 is	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 is	nsubj
13	really	really	ADV	_	14 is	advmod
14	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
2	is	present	his surname	first property	tree rules
3	know	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	be	present	he		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=Theme

Option 3

Just nod and look away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 nod	advmod
2	nod	nod	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 look	cc
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 nod	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	imperative	you not said here						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nice to meet you, I'm ... and your name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 meet	mark
3	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nice	xcomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 meet	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 'm	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 'm	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nice	conj
8	...	...	PUNCT	_	11 name	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 name	cc
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	to-infinitive		you					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent
2	name		your						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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