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title: in a mood, not saying hi to my mates today — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: in a mood, not saying hi to my mates today Test 14 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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.
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# Test 14 · Greeting friends and relatives

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in a mood, not saying hi to my mates today

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not say · **To what, where:** mates, mood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t14:1
# text = in a mood, not saying hi to my mates today
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	hi	hi	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | my mates | a mood | today |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mate=Recipient |

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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}

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Ignore them all today, they'll get that you're in a mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t14:o1:1
# text = Ignore them all today, they'll get that you're in a mood
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | today |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  | a mood |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Say a quick hi, ignoring them hurts their feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t14:o2:1
# text = Say a quick hi, ignoring them hurts their feelings
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hi	hi	NOUN	NN	_	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a quick hi |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hi=Topic |
| 2 | **ignore** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | present | ignoring | their feelings |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Glare at them instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t14:o3:1
# text = Glare at them instead
1	Glare	glare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glare** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at them *= they*; instead *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell them you hate them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t14:o4:1
# text = Tell them you hate them
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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