--- title: the cleaner said hi n i ignored him — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics description: the cleaner said hi n i ignored him Test 16 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/t16/) [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/) / [Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners the cleaner said hi n i ignored him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cleaner, i · **What happens:** say, ignore · **To what, where:** cleaner · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t16:1 # text = the cleaner said hi n i ignored him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hi hi INTJ UH _ 3 ccomp _ _ 5 n and CCONJ CC Abbr=Yes 7 cc _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ignored ignore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cleaner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ignore** | past | i | cleaner | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} Greet him back; everyone deserves respect ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t16:o1:1 # text = Greet him back; everyone deserves respect 1 Greet greet 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 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet back** *speech: greet* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **deserve** | present | everyone | respect | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say hi only to teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t16:o2:1 # text = Say hi only to teachers 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hi hi PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | hi | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent hi=Theme teacher=Manner | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine, he's only the cleaner, not a teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t16:o3:1 # text = It's fine, he's only the cleaner, not a teacher 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | he | the cleaner and a teacher | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignore him, he won't mind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t16:o4:1 # text = Ignore him, he won't mind 1 Ignore ignore 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **not** **mind** | future | he | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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