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title: introducing my lil cousin to grandad, who's name goes first — More greetings and making introductions · tree and pragmatics
description: introducing my lil cousin to grandad, who's name goes first Test 11 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

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introducing my lil cousin to grandad, who's name goes first

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, introducing · **What happens:** introduce, be, go · **To what, where:** lil cousin, name

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t11:1
# text = introducing my lil cousin to grandad, who's name goes first
1	introducing	introduce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | gerund |  | my lil cousin |  |  |  | to grandad and name | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cousin=Patient to grandad=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | grandad and name | name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | present | introducing |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad's, the older person first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t11:o1:1
# text = Grandad's, the older person first
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It doesn't matter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t11:o2:1
# text = It doesn't matter at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your cousin's, the younger first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t11:o3:1
# text = Your cousin's, the younger first
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your own name first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t11:o4:1
# text = Your own name first
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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