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description: Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard). What does she think busking is? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 5 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

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Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard). What does she think busking is?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, busker · **What happens:** say, graft, work, think, be · **To what, where:** busking · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts 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/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:1
# text = Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard).
1	Ravi	Ravi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	busker	busker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	grafting	graft	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	parataxis	_	_
16	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ravi's gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **graft** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the busker |  |  |  |  | for every penny | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «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 does she think busking is?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:2
# text = What does she think busking is?
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	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	busking	busking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | busker |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | busking |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A lazy way to get money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:o1:1
# text = A lazy way to get money
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | money |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A crime against the town and its shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:o2:1
# text = A crime against the town and its shops
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Real work that deserves a coin or a clap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:o3:1
# text = Real work that deserves a coin or a clap
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clap	clap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | Real work | a coin or a clap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Begging that the police should stop at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t5:o4:1
# text = Begging that the police should stop at once
1	Begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | should | the police |  |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

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