--- title: cant say the new girls name right — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics description: cant say the new girls name right Test 12 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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/123-neighbours-and-new-people/t12/) [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 neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people cant say the new girls name right **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cant, new girls · **What happens:** say, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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/123-neighbours-and-new-people/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t12:1 # text = cant say the new girls name right 1 cant cant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 name name VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | cant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **name** | present | the new girls | | | | | right *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Just say it any way you like ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t12:o1:1 # text = Just say it any way you like 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | any way *obl:unmarked* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **like** | present | you | any way *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Give her an easier nickname ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t12:o2:1 # text = Give her an easier nickname 1 Give give 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 nickname nickname NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a easier nickname | her *= she* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient nickname=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ask her how to say it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t12:o3:1 # text = Ask her how to say it 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 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Avoid saying her name ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t12:o4:1 # text = Avoid saying her name 1 Avoid avoid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | her name | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 3 | **name** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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