Test 11 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, that · What happens: say, be · To what, where: me, NZ · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	2 NZ	case
2	NZ	NZ	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	kia	Kia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
6	ora	ora	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kia	flat
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 says	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	parataxis
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 what	cop
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 what	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	someone		me	NZ			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
2	is a	present	that						tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A way of saying goodbye forever when someone is leaving the country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 saying	mark
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 way	acl
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obj
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 saying	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 leaving	advmod
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 leaving	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 leaving	aux
10	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 saying	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	a way not said here	goodbye				forever property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic
2	leave	present · progressive	someone	the country					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme

Option 2

A question about the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 weather	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weather	det
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 question	nmod

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

Option 3

A word for thank you only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 thank	case
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 word	acl:relcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	4 thank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	a word not said here		you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A Maori greeting meaning hello and good health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 greeting	det
2	Maori	maori	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 greeting	amod
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 greeting	acl
5	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 health	cc
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 health	amod
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hello	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	gerund	a Maori greeting not said here	hello and good health					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

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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