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title: A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend. What is she… — Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend. What is she doing? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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 5 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

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A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend. What is she doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** say, see, do · **To what, where:** Cheers, ya · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:1
# text = A girl in Auckland says "Cheers, see ya!" to her friend.
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	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a girl in Auckland | Cheers |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | a girl in Auckland *not said here* | ya |  |  |  | to girl's friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is she doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:2
# text = What is she doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Saying sorry for being late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:o1:1
# text = Saying sorry for being late
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | sorry |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Saying goodbye in a friendly way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:o2:1
# text = Saying goodbye in a friendly way
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | goodbye |  | a friendly way |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent goodbye=Theme in way=Manner |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asking for a drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:o3:1
# text = Asking for a drink
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a drink | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Saying hello to her for the first time that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t5:o4:1
# text = Saying hello to her for the first time that day
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | hello | her *= she* |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to she=Recipient |

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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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