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description: apparently that boy in year 6 never says nice to meet you and his nan's dead embarrassed, my mum's mate saw it Test 18 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 18 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

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apparently that boy in year 6 never says nice to meet you and his nan's dead embarrassed, my mum's mate saw it

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, mate · **What happens:** not say, meet, see · **To what, where:** you, nan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t18:1
# text = apparently that boy in year 6 never says nice to meet you and his nan's dead embarrassed, my mum's mate saw it
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | that boy in year |  |  |  |  | apparently, nice *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | that boy in year *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **see** | past | my mum's mate | nan |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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It's surely true, because one of the mums' friends saw it happen with her own eyes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t18:o1:1
# text = It's surely true, because one of the mums' friends saw it happen with her own eyes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | surely, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | one of the mums's friends | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with her own eyes | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It may be just gossip; the real lesson is to answer an introduction kindly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t18:o2:1
# text = It may be just gossip; the real lesson is to answer an introduction kindly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | answer, kindly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go and tell the boy's nan what people say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t18:o3:1
# text = Go and tell the boy's nan what people say
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the boy's nan |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nobody needs to answer an introduction at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t18:o4:1
# text = Nobody needs to answer an introduction at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	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 | **need** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | a introduction |  | all |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent introduction=Eventuality |

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