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title: my cousin said Uncle's "friend" coming to dinner is really "his girl… — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin said Uncle's "friend" coming to dinner is really "his girlfriend, shh" Test 20 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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 right.
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# Test 20 · Greeting friends and relatives

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my cousin said Uncle's "friend" coming to dinner is really "his girlfriend, shh"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, coming · **What happens:** say, come, be · **To what, where:** dinner, girlfriend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 20 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/#t20).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t20:1
# text = my cousin said Uncle's "friend" coming to dinner is really "his girlfriend, shh"
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	shh	shh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  | dinner |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dinner=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | coming | cousin's girlfriend and shh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Uncle may have a girlfriend; say hello politely and do not tease him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t20:o1:1
# text = Uncle may have a girlfriend; say hello politely and do not tease him
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	7	obj	_	_
9	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | may | Uncle | a girlfriend |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girlfriend=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Uncle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **tease** | infinitive · do-support | Uncle *not said here* | Uncle |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell everyone at the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t20:o2:1
# text = Tell everyone at the table
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | everyone | the table |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask her loudly at the dinner table if she is really his secret girlfriend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t20:o3:1
# text = Ask her loudly at the dinner table if she is really his secret girlfriend
1	Ask	ask	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	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* | the dinner table |  | loudly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | she | his secret girlfriend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Refuse to say hello

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t20:o4:1
# text = Refuse to say hello
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |

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