Test 7 · Manners and kindness

Why do we look at people while they talk to us?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, people · What happens: look, talk · To what, where: us

This is test 7 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 look	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 talk	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	nsubj
9	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 look	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 us	case
11	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 talk	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	we					at people	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at people=Theme
2	talk	present	people		us				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=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.

The options

Option 1

It lets us check if they are lying

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	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 lets	obj
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 lying	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lying	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	present	It	us	tree rules
2	check	infinitive	us not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	lie a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	they		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It stops them from talking for too long

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	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 talking	mark
5	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 long	case
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	them = they					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality
2	talk	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It shows we are paying attention to them

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 paying	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 paying	aux
5	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shows	ccomp
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paying	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay	present · progressive	we	attention	them = they				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset

Option 4

It makes their voice sound much clearer

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 voice	nmod:poss
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	xcomp
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 clearer	advmod
7	clearer	clear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	their voice				clear property	tree rules
2	sound	present	their voice not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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