--- title: A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. What… — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics description: A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. What would help him most? Test 3 · ★ 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/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 neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. What would help him most? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new boy · **What happens:** stand, help · **To what, where:** break, boy This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:1 # text = A new boy in Wellington stands alone at break on his first day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Wellington Wellington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | a new boy in Wellington | | | break | day | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at break=Location | 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 help him most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:2 # text = What would help him most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | | | boy | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell him your name and invite him to join your game ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:o1:1 # text = Tell him your name and invite him to join your game 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 invite invite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | your name | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Topic | | 2 | **invite** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | your game | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient | | 4 | **name** | | your | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell him new pupils must wait a week to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:o2:1 # text = Tell him new pupils must wait a week to play 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** | must | new pupils | | | | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | new pupils *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Watch from a distance to see if he finds some friends by himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:o3:1 # text = Watch from a distance to see if he finds some friends by himself 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | from a distance | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | some friends | | | | by himself *= he* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask him why his family moved ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t3:o4:1 # text = Ask him why his family moved 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **move** | past | his family | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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