Test 5 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry
A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend. What is she doing?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, see, do · To what, where: Cheers, ya · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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 Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend.
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Auckland | case |
| 4 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Cheers | punct |
| 7 | Cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 says | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | advcl |
| 10 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 friend | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 friend | nmod:poss |
| 15 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a girl in Auckland | Cheers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | infinitive | a girl in Auckland not said here | ya | to girl's friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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.
Sentence 2: What is she doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doing | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Saying sorry for being late
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 late | mark |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 late | cop |
| 5 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | late property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying goodbye in a friendly way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | goodbye | a friendly way | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent goodbye=Theme in way=Manner |
Option 3
Asking for a drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 drink | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 drink | det |
| 4 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | for a drink | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Saying hello to her for the first time that day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | hello | hello | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Saying | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obl |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | hello | her = she | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to she=Recipient |
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