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description: A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee. What is the traditional way? Test 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 each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

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A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee. What is the traditional way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, traditional way · **What happens:** want, introduce, be · **To what, where:** friend

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:1
# text = A girl in Florida wants to introduce her friend Max to her old neighbour Mrs Lee.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	introduce	introduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
16	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl in Florida |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **introduce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl in Florida *not said here* | girl's friend |  |  |  | to girl's old neighbour | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent friend=Patient to neighbour=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the traditional way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:2
# text = What is the traditional way?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the traditional way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"Hey, you two, talk to each other"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:o1:1
# text = "Hey, you two, talk to each other"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hey	hey	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	7	obl	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Max, this is Mrs Lee, she is old"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:o2:1
# text = "Max, this is Mrs Lee, she is old"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | Mrs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mrs |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"Mrs Lee, this is Max"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:o3:1
# text = "Mrs Lee, this is Max"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | Max |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Mrs Lee, you must know Max already"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t2:o4:1
# text = "Mrs Lee, you must know Max already"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | must | Mrs | Max |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer max=Stimulus |

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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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