--- title: forgot the neighbours name and she just said hi to me — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics description: forgot the neighbours name and she just said hi to me Test 9 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people forgot the neighbours name and she just said hi to me **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbours, she · **What happens:** forget, name, say · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t9:1 # text = forgot the neighbours name and she just said hi to me 1 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 name name VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 hi hi INTJ UH _ 8 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **name** | present | the neighbours | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | me | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=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} Walk away fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t9:o1:1 # text = Walk away fast 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away, fast *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say sorry, could you tell me your name again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t9:o2:1 # text = Say sorry, could you tell me your name again 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | you | your name | me | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic | | 3 | **name** | | your | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Call her lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t9:o3:1 # text = Call her lady 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pretend you know it and say hi back without using any name ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t9:o4:1 # text = Pretend you know it and say hi back without using any name 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 hi hi INTJ UH _ 6 obj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | you | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **say back** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic | | 4 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | any name | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | **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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