--- title: A girl in Texas is shy, and when her dad's friend greets her she sta… — Greeting adults and teachers · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Texas is shy, and when her dad's friend greets her she stares at her shoes. What would be better? 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What would be better? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, friend · **What happens:** be, greet, stare · **To what, where:** girl This is test 1 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Texas is shy, and when her dad's friend greets her she stares at her shoes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:1 # text = A girl in Texas is shy, and when her dad's friend greets her she stares at her shoes. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Texas Texas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 greets greet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stares stare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a girl in Texas | | | | | shy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present | girl's dad's friend | | girl | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **stare** | present | friend | | | | | at friend's shoes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at shoe=Theme | 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 be better? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:2 # text = What would be better? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Look up, smile and say "Hello" back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:o1:1 # text = Look up, smile and say "Hello" back 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 smile smile VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **smile** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep staring, because shy children need not answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:o2:1 # text = Keep staring, because shy children need not answer 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stare** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | present | shy children | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Walk away so she does not feel awkward ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:o3:1 # text = Walk away so she does not feel awkward 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **feel** | present · do-support | she | | | | | awkward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Let her dad say she is rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t1:o4:1 # text = Let her dad say she is rude 1 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Let dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | she | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | **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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