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title: Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbu… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbutted her!" What's the best advice? Test 5 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» of the French 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 5 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbutted her!" What's the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucas, she, best advice · **What happens:** tell, go, headbutt, be · **To what, where:** dad, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» of the French 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbutted her!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:1
# text = Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbutted her!"
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	headbutted	headbutt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Lucas |  | Lucas's dad and Mate |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | for two kisses | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for kiss=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **headbutt** *in a quote* | past | Lucas | her *= she* |  |  |  | nearly *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the best advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:2
# text = What's the best advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shake hands very hard so they don't try again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:o1:1
# text = Shake hands very hard so they don't try again
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | hands |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **try** | present · do-support | hands *= hand* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Watch the other person and follow, or just smile and say bonjour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:o2:1
# text = Watch the other person and follow, or just smile and say bonjour
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	smile	smile	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	bonjour	bonjour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the other person |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **smile** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | bonjour |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bonjour=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always do four kisses, that's the rule everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:o3:1
# text = Always do four kisses, that's the rule everywhere
1	Always	alway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	kisses	kiss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Always | four kisses |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | the rule |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Always turn away, la bise is only for grown-ups in love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t5:o4:1
# text = Always turn away, la bise is only for grown-ups in love
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bise	bise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always, away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | la bise |  |  | love |  | for grown ups | tree rules |

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