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# Exam question 1 · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the greeting «How's it going?» spoken in passing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** greeting · **What happens:** follow, characteris, go, speak · **To what, where:** greeting, passing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the greeting «How's it going?» spoken in passing?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the greeting |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | greeting |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | greeting *not said here* |  |  | passing |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A genuine request for a full account of one's day, one's health and one's plans

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e1:o1:1
# text = A genuine request for a full account of one's day, one's health and one's plans
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | one's day |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **plan** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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A greeting, to which «Good, thanks!» is sufficient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e1:o2:1
# text = A greeting, to which «Good, thanks!» is sufficient
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a greeting |  |  |  |  | sufficient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An insult requiring an apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e1:o3:1
# text = An insult requiring an apology
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a insult *not said here* | a apology |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apology=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An invitation to stop and converse at length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:e1:o4:1
# text = An invitation to stop and converse at length
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	converse	converse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **converse** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  | length |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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