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title: A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance. A… — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance. A new girl is standing with them. What is kind? Test 5 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
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# Test 5 · Greeting friends and relatives

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A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance. A new girl is standing with them. What is kind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, new girl · **What happens:** have, stand, be · **To what, where:** special greeting dance

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:1
# text = A girl in Leeds and her best friend have a special greeting dance.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a girl in Leeds and Leeds's best friend | a special greeting dance |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* A new girl is standing with them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:2
# text = A new girl is standing with them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present · progressive | a new girl |  |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is kind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:3
# text = What is kind?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tell the new girl the dance is secret and only for best friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:o1:1
# text = Tell the new girl the dance is secret and only for best friends
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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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* |  | the new girl |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the dance |  |  |  |  | secret *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Do the dance and ignore the new girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:o2:1
# text = Do the dance and ignore the new girl
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dance |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ignore** | present | you *not said here* | the new girl |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |

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

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Greet the new girl in an ordinary friendly way too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:o3:1
# text = Greet the new girl in an ordinary friendly way too
1	Greet	greet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the new girl | a ordinary friendly way |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Wait until the new girl leaves to greet anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t5:o4:1
# text = Wait until the new girl leaves to greet anyone
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | the new girl |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | the new girl *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |

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