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title: A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand. Ho… — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand. How should she treat the hongi? Test 3 · ★ 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 ea
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# Test 3 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

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A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand. How should she treat the hongi?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** visit, treat · **To what, where:** Maori community, New Zealand, hongi

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:1
# text = A girl from Arizona is visiting a Maori community in New Zealand.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Maori	Maori	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
12	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present · progressive | a girl from Arizona | a Maori community |  | New Zealand |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent community=Co-Agent |

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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:* How should she treat the hongi?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:2
# text = How should she treat the hongi?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hongi	hongi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | should | girl | the hongi |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hongi=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Copy it with everyone she meets, even strangers in the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:o1:1
# text = Copy it with everyone she meets, even strangers in the street
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with everyone; strangers in the street *obl* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Laugh because it looks funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:o2:1
# text = Laugh because it looks funny
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | present | it |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Refuse it because it is strange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:o3:1
# text = Refuse it because it is strange
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | strange *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Respect it and share it when she is invited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t3:o4:1
# text = Respect it and share it when she is invited
1	Respect	respect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **share** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **invite** | present · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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