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title: Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo"… — Practising when you would rather not · tree and pragmatics
description: Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon). What does he want? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» 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 7 · ★ · Practising when you would rather not

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Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon). What does he want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Neighbour, arvo · **What happens:** say, give, mean, want · **To what, where:** Neighbour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» 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/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:1
# text = Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon).
1	Neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	till	till	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
20	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | Neighbour in Melbourne |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Neighbour |  |  | till the arvo |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient rest=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | arvo |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 he want?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:2
# text = What does he want?
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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	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 | **want** | present · do-support | arvo |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Charlie to practise for longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:o1:1
# text = Charlie to practise for longer
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	practise	practise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | to-infinitive | Charlie |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Charlie to wait until the afternoon to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:o2:1
# text = Charlie to wait until the afternoon to play
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | to-infinitive | Charlie |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | Charlie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Charlie to give the keyboard away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:o3:1
# text = Charlie to give the keyboard away
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keyboard	keyboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | to-infinitive | Charlie | the keyboard |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent keyboard=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Charlie to play louder in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:t7:o4:1
# text = Charlie to play louder in the morning
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	louder	loud	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | to-infinitive | Charlie |  |  |  | morning | loud *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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