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title: Why is a hello to a lonely new classmate worth it? — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a hello to a lonely new classmate worth it? Test 2 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · Greeting friends and relatives

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Why is a hello to a lonely new classmate worth it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hello · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t2:1
# text = Why is a hello to a lonely new classmate worth it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	worth	worth	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a hello to a lonely new classmate worth classmate |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because it makes you more popular than them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t2:o1:1
# text = Because it makes you more popular than them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | you |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because new pupils always become best friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t2:o2:1
# text = Because new pupils always become best friends
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | new pupils | best friends |  |  |  | always *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A small greeting can make someone's day and start a friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t2:o3:1
# text = A small greeting can make someone's day and start a friendship
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | a small greeting |  |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | a small greeting *not said here* | a friendship |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the teacher secretly gives points for every hello to new pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t2:o4:1
# text = Because the teacher secretly gives points for every hello to new pupils
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | the teacher | points | new pupils |  |  | for every hello; secretly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent point=Theme for hello=Asset to pupil=Recipient |

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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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