--- title: too shy to say hi to my teacher, ever — Greeting adults and teachers · tree and pragmatics description: too shy to say hi to my teacher, ever Test 15 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Greeting adults and teachers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/) / t15 # Test 15 · Greeting adults and teachers too shy to say hi to my teacher, ever **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t15:1 # text = too shy to say hi to my teacher, ever 1 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hi hi INTJ UH _ 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | my teacher | | ever | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hi=Topic to teacher=Recipient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hide behind your bag every morning so that she never sees you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t15:o1:1 # text = Hide behind your bag every morning so that she never sees you 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 behind behind ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | your bag | morning | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind bag=Location | | 2 | **not** **see** | present | she | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Tell her to go away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t15:o2:1 # text = Tell her to go away 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Try a small hello or a wave, she'll understand you better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t15:o3:1 # text = Try a small hello or a wave, she'll understand you better 1 Try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hello hello NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | a small hello or a wave | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Eventuality | | 2 | **understand** | future | she | you | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Never say anything to her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t15:o4:1 # text = Never say anything to her 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | anything | her *= she* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to she=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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