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title: Ascertain the meaning of the Maori greeting "Kia ora" as used in New… — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the meaning of the Maori greeting "Kia ora" as used in New Zealand. Exam question 3 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 wa
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# Exam question 3 · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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Ascertain the meaning of the Maori greeting "Kia ora" as used in New Zealand.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, use, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, New Zealand, Maori greeting

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the meaning of the Maori greeting "Kia ora" as used in New Zealand.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Maori	maori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Kia	Kia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ora	ora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	_
16	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the Maori greeting |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | New Zealand |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the Maori greeting |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Goodbye and safe travels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e3:o1:1
# text = Goodbye and safe travels
1	Goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | Goodbye |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Hello and good health

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e3:o2:1
# text = Hello and good health
1	Hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thank you and good night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e3:o3:1
# text = Thank you and good night
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Welcome to the meeting house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:e3:o4:1
# text = Welcome to the meeting house
1	Welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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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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