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description: Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming." What does Gran believe? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 11 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family

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Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming." What does Gran believe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** not care, say, be, come, believe · **To what, where:** family · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life 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/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:1
# text = Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming."
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	crossly	crossly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|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	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Gran |  |  |  |  | crossly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Gran | family |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 does Gran believe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:2
# text = What does Gran believe?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · do-support | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody should come to family parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:o1:1
# text = Nobody should come to family parties
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | should | Nobody |  |  | family parties |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rows should end with someone left out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:o2:1
# text = Rows should end with someone left out
1	Rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | should | Rows |  |  |  |  | with someone | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with someone=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **leave out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Family should stick together despite rows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:o3:1
# text = Family should stick together despite rows
1	Family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick together** | should | Family |  |  |  |  | despite rows; together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only friends should be invited to parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t11:o4:1
# text = Only friends should be invited to parties
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | should · passive | parties | friends |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

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