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description: Which of the following constitutes an appropriate response when an individual introduces himself or herself to you? Exam question 2 of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · More greetings and making introductions

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Which of the following constitutes an appropriate response when an individual introduces himself or herself to you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** follow, be, introduce · **To what, where:** appropriate response, individual, you

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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/125-greetings-and-introductions/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes an appropriate response when an individual introduces himself or herself to you?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	introduces	introduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **introduce** | present | a individual | individual | you |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to you=Co-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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A silent nod without any further words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:e2:o1:1
# text = A silent nod without any further words
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nod	nod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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"Nice to meet you, I'm ..." followed by one's own name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:e2:o2:1
# text = "Nice to meet you, I'm ..." followed by one's own name
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	...	...	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
11	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by one's own name | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by name=Location |
| 3 | **name** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A request for the person's home address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:e2:o3:1
# text = A request for the person's home address
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** |  | the person |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An immediate account of one's own whole day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:e2:o4:1
# text = An immediate account of one's own whole day
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | one's own whole day |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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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