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# Test 4 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Dad: «Garage bloke's overcharging everyone, I bet. My mate paid double.» What's he really got?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, mate · **What happens:** overcharge, bet, pay, be

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: «Garage bloke's overcharging everyone, I bet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:1
# text = Dad: «Garage bloke's overcharging everyone, I bet.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Garage	garage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	overcharging	overcharge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bet	bet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcharge** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bet** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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:* My mate paid double.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:2
# text = My mate paid double.»
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	double	double	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | My mate |  |  |  |  | double *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's he really got?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:3
# text = What's he really got?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | get *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A police report about the garage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:o1:1
# text = A police report about the garage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garage	garage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A list of the garage's old prices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:o2:1
# text = A list of the garage's old prices
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garage	garage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **list** |  |  | the garage's old prices |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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One mate who thought his bill was high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:o3:1
# text = One mate who thought his bill was high
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | One mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | mate's bill |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bill** |  | mate |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proof from lots and lots of unhappy customers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t4:o4:1
# text = Proof from lots and lots of unhappy customers
1	Proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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