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title: kids at school said "Mr Brown n Miss Green walked in holding hands!" — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: kids at school said "Mr Brown n Miss Green walked in holding hands!" Test 21 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 21 · Greeting friends and relatives

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kids at school said "Mr Brown n Miss Green walked in holding hands!"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, Miss Green · **What happens:** say, walk, hold · **To what, where:** hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 21 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/#t21).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t21:1
# text = kids at school said "Mr Brown n Miss Green walked in holding hands!"
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Brown	Brown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	n	n	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
9	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
11	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | kids at school |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | past | Mr's Miss Green |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hold** *in a quote* | gerund | Mr's Miss Green *not said here* | hands |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

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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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It means they are lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t21:o1:1
# text = It means they are lost
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They may be a couple; that is their private business, so greet them normally

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t21:o2:1
# text = They may be a couple; that is their private business, so greet them normally
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	greet	greet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | They | a couple |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | their private business |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | infinitive |  |  | them *= they* |  |  | normally *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask them in front of the whole class whether they are going to get married soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t21:o3:1
# text = Ask them in front of the whole class whether they are going to get married soon
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	xcomp	_	_
16	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* | front of the whole class |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **go** | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout it in the corridor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t21:o4:1
# text = Shout it in the corridor
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the corridor |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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