--- title: Why do we look at people while they talk to us? — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics description: Why do we look at people while they talk to us? Test 7 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/t7/) [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/) / [Manners and kindness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/) / t7 # Test 7 · Manners and kindness Why do we look at people while they talk to us? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, people · **What happens:** look, talk · **To what, where:** us This is test 7 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t7:1 # text = Why do we look at people while they talk to us? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present · do-support | we | | | | | at people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at people=Theme | | 2 | **talk** | present | people | | us | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=Co-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} It lets us check if they are lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t7:o1:1 # text = It lets us check if they are lying 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | It | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lie** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | they | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It stops them from talking for too long ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t7:o2:1 # text = It stops them from talking for too long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | them *= they* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It shows we are paying attention to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t7:o3:1 # text = It shows we are paying attention to them 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | It | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** | present · progressive | we | attention | them *= they* | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes their voice sound much clearer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t7:o4:1 # text = It makes their voice sound much clearer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | their voice | | | | clear *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sound** | present | their voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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