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title: Why is it good to learn greetings like "Kia ora" or "What's the crai… — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it good to learn greetings like "Kia ora" or "What's the craic?" Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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Why is it good to learn greetings like "Kia ora" or "What's the craic?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kia · **What happens:** be, learn · **To what, where:** greetings, craic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t8:1
# text = Why is it good to learn greetings like "Kia ora" or "What's the craic?"
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	greetings	greeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Kia	Kia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	ora	ora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	craic	craic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | greetings |  |  |  | like Kia or the craic | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Kia or the craic | the craic |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Knowing local customs helps you understand and respect people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t8:o1:1
# text = Knowing local customs helps you understand and respect people
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  | local customs |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer custom=Stimulus |
| 2 | **help** | present | Knowing | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **understand** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **respect** | infinitive | you *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because you must use them in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t8:o2:1
# text = Because you must use them in every country
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | must | you | them *= they* |  | every country |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because they are secret passwords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t8:o3:1
# text = Because they are secret passwords
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	passwords	password	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | secret passwords |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the English words we use at home are not polite enough there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t8:o4:1
# text = Because the English words we use at home are not polite enough there
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | we | the English words *not said here* |  | home |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | the English words |  |  | there |  | enough, polite *property* | tree rules |

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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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