Test 18 · Manners and kindness

my mate says manners are only for grown-ups and teachers, not for shop workers or bus drivers

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, manners · What happens: say, grow, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 ups	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ups	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 ups	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 ups	case
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ups	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teachers	cc
12	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ups	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 workers	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 workers	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 workers	case
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 workers	compound
17	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	parataxis
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 drivers	cc
19	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 drivers	compound
20	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 workers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	manners	for grown ups and teachers	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 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; manners matter with everyone, shop workers and drivers too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manners	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 matter	nsubj
4	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 workers	punct
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 workers	compound
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 everyone	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drivers	cc
11	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 workers	conj
12	too	too	ADV	_	9 workers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	Wrong manners					with everyone	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

He is right, manners are for family only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 family	punct
5	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 family	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 family	cop
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 family	case
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	8 family	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	manners					for family	tree rules

Option 3

He is right, workers are paid so manners do not matter at all to them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 paid	punct
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 paid	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 matter	mark
9	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 matter	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 matter	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 matter	advmod
12	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 paid	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 matter	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				right property	tree rules
2	pay	present · passive		workers				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
3	not matter	present · do-support	manners		workers = worker	all		vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to they=Experiencer

Option 4

He is right, only teachers count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 count	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 teachers	advmod
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 count	nsubj
7	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	count	present	teachers						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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