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Test 6 · ★ · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends

The cousins in Napier must say the other side's best reason before arguing. Your brother says that is "giving in". What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousins, brother, that · What happens: say, argue, give in, be · To what, where: best reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics 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

Sentence 1: The cousins in Napier must say the other side's best reason before arguing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cousins	det
2	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Napier	case
4	Napier	Napier	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousins	nmod
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	amod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reason	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 side	case
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 reason	amod
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obj
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 arguing	mark
14	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 say	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	must	the cousins in Napier	the other side's best reason					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	the cousins in Napier not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Your brother says that is "giving in".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 giving	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 giving	aux
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 giving	compound:prt
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in in a quote	present · progressive	that						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is cheating at the dinner table, like peeking at cards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cheating	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheating	aux
3	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 table	compound
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cheating	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 peeking	punct
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 peeking	mark
10	peeking	peek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cheating	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 cards	case
12	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peeking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	present · progressive	It			the dinner table			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	peek	gerund						at cards	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at card=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Understanding someone is not the same as agreeing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Understanding	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 same	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Understanding	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 same	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 same	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 agreeing	mark
8	agreeing	agree	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 same	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	gerund		someone					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
2	not is	present	Understanding					same property	tree rules
3	agree speech: agree	gerund	Understanding not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It means you have lost the argument before you start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 argument	det
7	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 start	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 start	nsubj
10	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · perfect	you	the argument					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality
3	start	present	you						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

It only works with grandmas who are very, very patient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 grandmas	case
5	grandmas	grandma	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 works	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 very	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 very	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	5 grandmas	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 patient	punct
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 patient	advmod
11	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 works	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It					with grandmas	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grandma=Co-Agent
2	is	present	grandmas					very property	tree rules

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