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title: in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that Test 11 · ★ 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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# Test 11 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** me, NZ · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t11:1
# text = in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	NZ	NZ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	kia	Kia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
6	ora	ora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | someone |  | me | NZ |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A way of saying goodbye forever when someone is leaving the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t11:o1:1
# text = A way of saying goodbye forever when someone is leaving the country
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a way *not said here* | goodbye |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** | present · progressive | someone | the country |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A question about the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t11:o2:1
# text = A question about the weather
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A word for thank you only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t11:o3:1
# text = A word for thank you only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | a word *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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

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A Maori greeting meaning hello and good health

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t11:o4:1
# text = A Maori greeting meaning hello and good health
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Maori	maori	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund | a Maori greeting *not said here* | hello and good health |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |

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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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