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title: Grandad: «Mr Novak? Probably a burglar, out all night.» Then Mr Nova… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad: «Mr Novak? Probably a burglar, out all night.» Then Mr Novak waves from the bus in a hospital uniform. What does it show? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Grandad: «Mr Novak? Probably a burglar, out all night.» Then Mr Novak waves from the bus in a hospital uniform. What does it show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr, uniform · **What happens:** wave, show · **To what, where:** bus

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: «Mr Novak?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:1
# text = Grandad: «Mr Novak?
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	Novak	Novak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Probably a burglar, out all night.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:2
# text = Probably a burglar, out all night.»
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	burglar	burglar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Then Mr Novak waves from the bus in a hospital uniform.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:3
# text = Then Mr Novak waves from the bus in a hospital uniform.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Novak	Novak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | Mr |  |  | the bus | then | in a hospital uniform | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in uniform=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What does it show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:4
# text = What does it show?
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	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 | **show** | present · do-support | uniform |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Odd hours often mean a night-shift job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:o1:1
# text = Odd hours often mean a night-shift job
1	Odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	shift	shift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Odd hours | a shift job |  |  |  | often *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hospital workers never sleep at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:o2:1
# text = Hospital workers never sleep at all
1	Hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | present | Hospital workers |  |  | all |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad was right to be suspicious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:o3:1
# text = Grandad was right to be suspicious
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | suspicious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mr Novak is in disguise as a porter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t8:o4:1
# text = Mr Novak is in disguise as a porter
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Novak	Novak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mr |  |  | disguise |  | as a porter | tree rules |

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