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title: State the qualities of a correctly executed handshake. — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the qualities of a correctly executed handshake. Exam question 1 of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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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# Exam question 1 · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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State the qualities of a correctly executed handshake.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, execute · **To what, where:** qualities

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e1:1
# text = State the qualities of a correctly executed handshake.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the qualities of a executed handshake |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent quality=Topic |
| 2 | **execute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Very hard, for as long as can be held

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e1:o1:1
# text = Very hard, for as long as can be held
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Limp and loose, for a single brief shake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e1:o2:1
# text = Limp and loose, for a single brief shake
1	Limp	limp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shake	shake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Very gentle, with the fingertips only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e1:o3:1
# text = Very gentle, with the fingertips only
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Firm but not hard, for two or three shakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e1:o4:1
# text = Firm but not hard, for two or three shakes
1	Firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
10	shakes	shake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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