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title: Nan: «William and Harry walked side by side, they're best mates agai… — The royal family in the news: a weddin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan: «William and Harry walked side by side, they're best mates again, I can tell.» What can a short clip really show? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 8 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…

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Nan: «William and Harry walked side by side, they're best mates again, I can tell.» What can a short clip really show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan, William, I, short clip · **What happens:** walk, be, tell, show · **To what, where:** side, best mates · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan: «William and Harry walked side by side, they're best mates again, I can tell.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:1
# text = Nan: «William and Harry walked side by side, they're best mates again, I can tell.»
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** *in a quote* | past | Nan | side |  |  |  | by side | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent side=Theme by side=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | William | best mates |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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:* What can a short clip really show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:2
# text = What can a short clip really show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | can | a short clip |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That they had a fight off camera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:o1:1
# text = That they had a fight off camera
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have off** | past | That | a fight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everything they said to each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:o2:1
# text = Everything they said to each other
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	3	obl	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Everything |  | each |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That they will never argue again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:o3:1
# text = That they will never argue again
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* | future | That |  |  |  | again |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That they walked and talked, no more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t8:o4:1
# text = That they walked and talked, no more
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | past | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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