Test 5 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners
Your cousin with a long Ukrainian name comes to your party. How might you help friends understand who he is?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you, friends · What happens: come, help, understand, be · To what, where: party, friends · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Your cousin with a long Ukrainian name comes to your party.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 name | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 6 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | nmod |
| 8 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 party | case |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 party | nmod:poss |
| 11 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comes | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 comes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Your cousin with a long Ukrainian name | your party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location |
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 might you help friends understand who he is?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 help | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | obj |
| 6 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 understand | ccomp |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 who | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 who | cop |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | might | you | friends | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | understand | infinitive | friends not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | cousin | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Just say his surname and walk off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 say | advmod |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 | 2 say | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 walk | cc |
| 6 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 say | conj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 walk | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his surname | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent surname=Topic | ||||
| 2 | walk off | infinitive | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
«This is my cousin, Oleksandr»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 cousin | punct |
| 2 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 cousin | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cousin | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Oleksandr | punct |
| 7 | Oleksandr | Oleksandr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cousin | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | This | my cousin | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Tell them to guess who he is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 guess | mark |
| 4 | guess | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 guess | ccomp |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 who | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 who | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | guess not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | he | tree rules |
Option 4
Say «He's someone I know»
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 | _ | 5 someone | punct |
| 3 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 someone | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 someone | cop |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Say | obj |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 someone | acl:relcl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 someone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | He | someone | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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