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title: Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the… — Landing on an 18 film by accident: how… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties." Why was it in Grandma's house? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 6 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

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Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties." Why was it in Grandma's house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, that, DVD · **What happens:** find, be · **To what, where:** DVD, player, box, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:1
# text = Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	DVD	DVD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
19	since	since	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	nineties	ninety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund | Grandad *not said here* | the DVD |  | the player |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dvd=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  | the box | since the nineties |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why was it in Grandma's house?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:2
# text = Why was it in Grandma's house?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | DVD |  |  | Grandma's house |  | why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was bought for Harry as a birthday present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:o1:1
# text = It was bought for Harry as a birthday present
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for Harry; as a birthday present | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for harry=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Old DVDs turn into 18s with age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:o2:1
# text = Old DVDs turn into 18s with age
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	DVDs	dvd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	18s	18	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Old DVDs |  |  | 18s | with age |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into 18=Trajectory |

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

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Grown-ups once bought it for themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:o3:1
# text = Grown-ups once bought it for themselves
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | past | Grown ups | it |  |  |  | for ups *= up*; once *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It came free with a box of cereal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t6:o4:1
# text = It came free with a box of cereal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cereal	cereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | It |  |  |  |  | with a box of cereal; free *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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