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Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little brother, that, you · **What happens:** show, be, put · **To what, where:** bomb thing, him This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Little brother, eyes wide: "they showed the bomb thing AGAIN, that's like the fourth one today." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:1 # text = Little brother, eyes wide: "they showed the bomb thing AGAIN, that's like the fourth one today." 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 wide wide ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 bomb bomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 AGAIN again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 21 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** *in a quote* | past | Little brother and eyes | the bomb thing | | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | today | like the fourth one | tree rules | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A new one happens every time it's shown ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:o1:1 # text = A new one happens every time it's shown 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | a new one | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **show** | present · passive | every time *not said here* | it | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The bombs are getting closer each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:o2:1 # text = The bombs are getting closer each time 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bombs bomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · progressive | the bombs | | | | time | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Four separate bombs have gone off today ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:o3:1 # text = Four separate bombs have gone off today 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bombs bomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | present · perfect | Four separate bombs | | | | today | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It's one event, shown again and again ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t1:o4:1 # text = It's one event, shown again and again 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | one event | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | participle | | one event *not said here* | | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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