--- title: Mrs Okafor: «Well if they're not gonna say hello, I'm not either.» W… — Our street: who parked where and who w… · tree and pragmatics description: Mrs Okafor: «Well if they're not gonna say hello, I'm not either.» What would change things? 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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mrs Okafor: «Well if they're not gonna say hello, I'm not either.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:1 # text = Mrs Okafor: «Well if they're not gonna say hello, I'm not either.» 1 Mrs Mrs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 Okafor Okafor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Well well INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 11 dep _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 hello hello INTJ UH _ 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mrs | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Mrs | | | | | either *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. *Sentence 2:* What would change things? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:2 # text = What would change things? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | | things | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Telling them the street's rules ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:o1:1 # text = Telling them the street's rules 1 Telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the street's rules | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient rule=Topic | | 2 | **rule** | | the street | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Waiting a year to see if they do ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:o2:1 # text = Waiting a year to see if they do 1 Waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Asking around where they came from ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:o3:1 # text = Asking around where they came from 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 around around ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | they | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Saying hello to them first ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t7:o4:1 # text = Saying hello to them first 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 hello hello NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | hello | them *= they* | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to they=Recipient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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