--- title: Identify the principal response appropriate upon being introduced to… — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal response appropriate upon being introduced to a person for the first time. Exam question 1 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/e1/) [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/) / [Greeting neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Greeting neighbours and new people Identify the principal response appropriate upon being introduced to a person for the first time. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, introduce · **To what, where:** principal response This is exam question 1 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/123-neighbours-and-new-people/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal response appropriate upon being introduced to a person for the first time. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal response | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **introduce** | gerund · passive | | the principal response *not said here* | | | | to a person for the first time | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to person=Co-Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Look at them, smile and say "Nice to meet you" ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e1:o1:1 # text = Look at them, smile and say "Nice to meet you" 1 Look look 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 smile smile VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at them *= they* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 2 | **smile** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ask them at once where they live and how old ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e1:o2:1 # text = Ask them at once where they live and how old 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 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **live** | present | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say nothing until a parent tells you to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e1:o3:1 # text = Say nothing until a parent tells you to speak 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a parent | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a parent *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Look away and wait for them to speak first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e1:o4:1 # text = Look away and wait for them to speak first 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | them *= they* | | | | | first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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