--- title: Which is the best way to talk to a grandparent who wears a hearing a… — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best way to talk to a grandparent who wears a hearing aid? Test 3 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/t3/) [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 friends and relatives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/) / t3 # Test 3 · Greeting friends and relatives Which is the best way to talk to a grandparent who wears a hearing aid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandparent · **What happens:** be, talk, wear · **To what, where:** best way, hearing aid This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t3:1 # text = Which is the best way to talk to a grandparent who wears a hearing aid? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 grandparent grandparent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to a grandparent | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to grandparent=Co-Agent | | 3 | **wear** | present | a grandparent | a hearing aid | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent aid=Source | 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} Face them and speak clearly, a little louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t3:o1:1 # text = Face them and speak clearly, a little louder 1 Face face VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Speak from the next room so they practise ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t3:o2:1 # text = Speak from the next room so they practise 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 practise practise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the next room | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **practise** | present | they | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mumble quickly to finish sooner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t3:o3:1 # text = Mumble quickly to finish sooner 1 Mumble mumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 5 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | to-infinitive | | | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shout every word as loudly as possible ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t3:o4:1 # text = Shout every word as loudly as possible 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | every word | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | **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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