--- title: Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.… — Our street: feuds, newcomers and stori… · tree and pragmatics description: Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» What's the right reply? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Our street: feuds, newcomers and stori…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» What's the right reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big brother, lead, right reply · **What happens:** nick, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:1 # text = Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ 8 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | past | Big brother | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the lead | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* What's the right reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:2 # text = What's the right reply? 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tell the vicar so she can thank the school ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:o1:1 # text = Tell the vicar so she can thank the school 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vicar vicar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the vicar | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent vicar=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | can | she | the school | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ask the police to arrest him today ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:o2:1 # text = Ask the police to arrest him today 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 arrest arrest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the police | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent police=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **arrest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the police *not said here* | him *= he* | | | today | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} If everyone says it, it must be true, so it is fine to say it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:o3:1 # text = If everyone says it, it must be true, so it is fine to say it 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 expl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | everyone | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **is** | must | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Don't put his name on it, the police named nobody ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t7:o4:1 # text = Don't put his name on it, the police named nobody 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 11 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **put** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | his name | | name | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme on it=Destination | | 2 | **name** | participle | the police *not said here* | nobody | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Theme | | 3 | **name** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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