Test 3 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners
A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand. How should she treat the hongi?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: visit, treat · To what, where: Maori community, New Zealand, hongi
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand.
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 | 6 visiting | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Arizona | case |
| 4 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 visiting | aux |
| 6 | visiting | visit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 community | det |
| 8 | Maori | Maori | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 community | compound |
| 9 | community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visiting | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Zealand | case |
| 11 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Zealand | flat |
| 12 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 community | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 visiting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present · progressive | a girl from Arizona | a Maori community | New Zealand | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent community=Co-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.
Sentence 2: How should she treat the hongi?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 treat | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 treat | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 treat | nsubj |
| 4 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hongi | det |
| 6 | hongi | hongi | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 treat | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 treat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | should | girl | the hongi | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hongi=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Copy it with everyone she meets, even strangers in the street
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Copy | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Copy | obl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 meets | nsubj |
| 6 | meets | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everyone | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 strangers | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 strangers | advmod |
| 9 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Copy | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 street | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 street | det |
| 12 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 strangers | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | imperative | you not said here | it | with everyone; strangers in the street obl | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | meet | present | she | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Laugh because it looks funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 looks | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | look | present | it | funny property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Refuse it because it is strange
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Refuse | obj |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 strange | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 strange | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 strange | cop |
| 6 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Refuse | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | imperative | you not said here | it | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | strange property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Respect it and share it when she is invited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Respect | respect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Respect | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 share | cc |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Respect | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 invited | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 invited | aux:pass |
| 9 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 share | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respect | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | share | infinitive | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | invite | present · passive | she | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
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