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title: auntie in NZ says hongi, what's that — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb… · tree and pragmatics
description: auntie in NZ says hongi, what's that Test 11 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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auntie in NZ says hongi, what's that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** auntie, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** hongi · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t11:1
# text = auntie in NZ says hongi, what's that
1	auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	NZ	NZ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hongi	hongi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | auntie in NZ | hongi |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hongi=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A kind of fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t11:o1:1
# text = A kind of fish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A traditional Maori greeting, done when invited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t11:o2:1
# text = A traditional Maori greeting, done when invited
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Maori	maori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle | a traditional Maori greeting |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **invite** | participle | a traditional Maori greeting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dance at weddings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t11:o3:1
# text = A dance at weddings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	weddings	wedding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A word for goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t11:o4:1
# text = A word for goodbye
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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