Test 15 · ★ · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

someone introduces "my other half, Jo". what does "other half" mean and what's polite?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone · What happens: introduce, do, mean, be · To what, where: other half

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 introduces	nsubj
2	introduces	introduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 half	nmod:poss
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 half	amod
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 introduces	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Jo	punct
8	Jo	Jo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 half	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 introduces	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 introduces	parataxis
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 half	punct
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 half	amod
15	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	12 does	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 half	punct
17	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 does	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 polite	cc
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 polite	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 polite	cop
21	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 does	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 introduces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	introduce	present	someone	my other half		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient
2	do	present		other half		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Eventuality
3	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			polite property	tree rules

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

A pet, so pat Jo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pet	det
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Jo	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 Jo	advmod
5	pat	pat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Jo	compound
6	Jo	Jo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pet	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A twin brother, so ask which of them is older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 brother	det
2	twin	twin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brother	compound
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 older	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 brother	acl:relcl
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ask	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 which	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 older	cop
11	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	infinitive	a twin brother not said here	a twin brother					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient
2	is	present	a twin brother					old property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Their husband, wife or partner; say hello and shake hands or smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 husband	nmod:poss
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wife	punct
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 husband	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 partner	cc
6	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 husband	conj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shake	cc
11	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	conj
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 shake	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 smile	cc
14	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 shake	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive	Their husband and wife or partner	hello	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic
2	shake	infinitive	Their husband and wife or partner not said here	hands	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
3	smile	infinitive	Their husband and wife or partner not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Half a person, so look worried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	3 person	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 look	advmod
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 person	acl:relcl
7	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	half person not said here					worried property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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