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description: A boy squeezes a visitor's hand so hard it hurts. What would be better? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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A boy squeezes a visitor's hand so hard it hurts. What would be better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, hand · **What happens:** squeeze, hurt, be · **To what, where:** hand

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy squeezes a visitor's hand so hard it hurts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:1
# text = A boy squeezes a visitor's hand so hard it hurts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | present | a boy | a visitor's hand |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | hand |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=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 would be better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:2
# text = What would be better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shaking with both hands very hard and for a long time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:o1:1
# text = Shaking with both hands very hard and for a long time
1	Shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | with both hands; hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with hand=Co-Patient |

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

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A firm but gentle grip for two or three shakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:o2:1
# text = A firm but gentle grip for two or three shakes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
10	shakes	shake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A limp, floppy handshake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:o3:1
# text = A limp, floppy handshake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	limp	limp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	floppy	floppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No handshake ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t2:o4:1
# text = No handshake ever again
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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