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# Test 11 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

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Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love. Go and read your book." What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, You, Theo · **What happens:** sulk, not have, love, go, read, mean · **To what, where:** Gran, book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:1
# text = Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love.
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Theo	Theo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sulking	sulk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | present · progressive | Gran to Theo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You |  |  |  |  | love *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | Gran |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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:* Go and read your book."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:2
# text = Go and read your book."
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your book |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:3
# text = What does she mean?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	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 | **mean** | present · do-support | Theo |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Reading is his punishment for not liking it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:o1:1
# text = Reading is his punishment for not liking it
1	Reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	liking	like	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Reading | his punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **like** | gerund | his punishment *not said here* | Reading |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must sit there until he learns to like the film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:o2:1
# text = He must sit there until he learns to like the film
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | must | He |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the film |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Books and films are exactly the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:o3:1
# text = Books and films are exactly the same thing
1	Books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Books and films | the same thing |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It's fine not to like the film they enjoy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t11:o4:1
# text = It's fine not to like the film they enjoy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **like** | to-infinitive |  | the film |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme |
| 3 | **enjoy** | present | they | the film *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus |

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