Test 13 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

guy says "hows it going" walking past me, what do i say

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy, i · What happens: say, go, walk · To what, where: hows · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 hows	punct
4	hows	how	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 going	nsubj
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hows	acl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 walking	punct
8	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hows	conj
9	past	past	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 walking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 say	obj
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	guy	hows		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent how=Topic
2	go in a quote	gerund	guy	hows not said here		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location how=Theme
3	walk	gerund	guy not said here		past me	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past i=Trajectory
4	say speech: assert	present · do-support	i	hows		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 nothing, he didn't mean it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mean	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 mean	advmod
7	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	not mean	past · do-support	he	it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Ask him to stop and talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 talk	cc
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	talk	infinitive	you not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tell him all about your day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	all	all	ADV	_	6 day	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 day	nmod:poss
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he		day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A quick «Good, thanks!» is enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thanks	det
2	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thanks	amod
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 thanks	punct
4	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thanks	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Good	punct
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enough	nsubj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 thanks	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 thanks	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 enough	cop
10	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a quick Good thanks					enough property	tree rules

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