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title: at the door mum's friend says "this is my partner, Sam". what does "… — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics
description: at the door mum's friend says "this is my partner, Sam". what does "partner" mean here? Test 23 · ★ 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
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# Test 23 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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at the door mum's friend says "this is my partner, Sam". what does "partner" mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, this, partner · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** partner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 23 · ★ 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/#t23).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t23:1
# text = at the door mum's friend says "this is my partner, Sam". what does "partner" mean here?
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
18	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
23	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the door mum's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | my partner |  |  |  | Sam *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present · do-support | partner |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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}

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A business manager

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t23:o1:1
# text = A business manager
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t23:o2:1
# text = Her brother
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The person she lives with or is a couple with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t23:o3:1
# text = The person she lives with or is a couple with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | person | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme person=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the person | a couple |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The person she plays tennis with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t23:o4:1
# text = The person she plays tennis with
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tennis	tennis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | the person | tennis |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tennis=Theme |

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