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# Exam question 2 · Greeting neighbours and new people

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Whereas a person's name has been forgotten shortly after an introduction, state the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** forget, name · **To what, where:** appropriate course

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e2:1
# text = Whereas a person's name has been forgotten shortly after an introduction, state the appropriate course of action.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive |  | the appropriate course of action |  |  | after a introduction and state | whereas a person's name; shortly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | a person |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Avoid the person until the name is remembered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e2:o1:1
# text = Avoid the person until the name is remembered
1	Avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent person=Location |
| 2 | **remember** | present · passive |  | the name |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask somebody else secretly for the name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e2:o2:1
# text = Ask somebody else secretly for the name
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	else	else	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  | somebody |  |  | for the name; secretly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent somebody=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Say "Sorry, could you tell me your name again?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e2:o3:1
# text = Say "Sorry, could you tell me your name again?"
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | could | you | your name | me |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic |
| 3 | **name** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Invent a nickname and use it in its place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:e2:o4:1
# text = Invent a nickname and use it in its place
1	Invent	invent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | imperative | you *not said here* | a nickname |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Result |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | nickname |  | nickname's place |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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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