--- title: A boy in Birmingham meets his friend's grandmother, who says "As-sal… — More greetings and making introductions · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Birmingham meets his friend's grandmother, who says "As-salamu alaykum". What is a kind reply? 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What is a kind reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, grandmother · **What happens:** meet, say, be · **To what, where:** grandmother, kind reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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/125-greetings-and-introductions/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Birmingham meets his friend's grandmother, who says "As-salamu alaykum". ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:1 # text = A boy in Birmingham meets his friend's grandmother, who says "As-salamu alaykum". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Birmingham Birmingham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 As as ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 salamu salamu X FW _ 17 compound _ _ 17 alaykum alaykum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present | a boy in Birmingham | boy's friend's grandmother | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | boy's friend's grandmother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is a kind reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:2 # text = What is a kind reply? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a kind reply | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} "Goodbye, see you again tomorrow" ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:o1:1 # text = "Goodbye, see you again tomorrow" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Goodbye goodbye NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | you | | | again; tomorrow | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Kia ora, good night" ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:o2:1 # text = "Kia ora, good night" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Kia Kia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 ora ora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A silent stare ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:o3:1 # text = A silent stare 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stare stare NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Wa alaykum as-salam", or hello ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t1:o4:1 # text = "Wa alaykum as-salam", or hello 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wa Wa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 alaykum alaykum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 salam salam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hello hello INTJ UH _ 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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