Test 16 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

the cleaner said hi n i ignored him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cleaner, i · What happens: say, ignore · To what, where: cleaner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cleaner	det
2	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hi	hi	INTJ	_	3 said	ccomp
5	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	7 ignored	cc
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 ignored	nsubj
7	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the cleaner						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	ignore	past	i	cleaner					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Greet him back; everyone deserves respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Greet	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Greet	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 deserves	punct
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 deserves	nsubj
6	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Greet	parataxis
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet back speech: greet	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	deserve	present	everyone	respect					tree rules

Option 2

Say hi only to teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hi	hi	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Say	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 teachers	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 teachers	case
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	hi					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent hi=Theme teacher=Manner

Option 3

It's fine, he's only the cleaner, not a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cleaner	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cleaner	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cleaner	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 cleaner	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cleaner	det
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 teacher	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 teacher	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleaner	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a	present	he	the cleaner and a teacher					tree rules

Option 4

Ignore him, he won't mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mind	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mind	nsubj
5	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 mind	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 mind	advmod
7	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ignore	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	not mind	future	he						vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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